Hampton

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Hampton

Total population

4,306

Median home value

$99,400

15.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$47,088

Hampton$47k

National$74k

Elevation349 m

Land area11.47 km²

Coordinates42.74°, -93.20°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hampton is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,337 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 4,340 in 2024. The city is located two miles southeast of Beeds Lake State Park.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Jack Bailey

American actor and daytime game show (1907-1980)

William D. Leahy

United States admiral, ambassador to France, Chief of Staff (1875–1959)

Tom Latham

American politician

Raef LaFrentz

American basketball player (born 1976)

G

George Lambert

American modern pentathlete, born 1928 (1928–2012)

A

Aaron Michael Davies

American actor

B

Bill Weeks

American football player and coach (1929-2006)

B

Bob Artley

illustrator and cartoonist

Alan Thompson

American politician (1927-2019)

C

Clarence Thorpe

American football player and coach

D

Dick Walker

American astronomer

P

Phyllis M. Ferguson

American professor of drama, 1905–1992

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Bradford
  7.7 mi away
• Coulter
  8.4 mi away
• Alexander
  14.5 mi away
• Bristow
  15.2 mi away
• Dows
  16.2 mi away
• Meservey
  18.1 mi away
• Alden
  18.2 mi away
• Allison
  20.8 mi away
• Burchinal
  22.6 mi away
• Greene
  23 mi away
• Marble Rock
  23 mi away
• Clarion
  26.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Hampton

Memorial of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the First Congregational Church of New Hampton, Iowa

1883

Post Card Album of Emma Wahl Robrock, 1906-1915

Jennifer Coile · 2021

Robert Johnson & Sons, polled shorthorn - shorthorn complete dispersal

Robert Johnson · 1972

Dwelling places

Vinita Hampton Wright · 2006

A new spiraculate blastoid, Pyramiblastus from the Mississippian Hampton Formation of Iowa

Donald B. Macurda · 1964

Epidemiologic studies of acute anterior poliomyelitis

Wade Hampton Frost · 1913

The Hampton Roads conference

Joseph W. Rich · 1903

The Civil War memoirs of William Royal Oake, 26th Iowa Volunteers

William Royal Oake · 2006

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