Hampton, Connecticut

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Field	Value
name	Hampton, Connecticut
official_name	Town of Hampton
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	CT Route 97, Hampton CT.jpg
image_caption	Route 97 in Hampton
image_blank_emblem	Hampton, CT Logo.png
blank_emblem_size	175
blank_emblem_type	Logo
mapframe	yes
mapframe-point	none
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	U.S. state
subdivision_name1	Connecticut
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Windham
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Northeastern CT
established_title	Incorporated
established_date	1786
government_type	Selectman-town meeting
leader_title	First selectman
leader_name	Allan Cahill
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	66.0
area_total_sq_mi	25.5
area_land_km2	64.8
area_land_sq_mi	25.0
area_water_km2	1.3
area_water_sq_mi	0.5
elevation_m	212
elevation_ft	696
population_footnotes
population_total	1728
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Eastern
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	Eastern
utc_offset_DST	-4
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	06247
area_codes	860/959
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	09-36000
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	0213441
website
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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 25.5 sqmi, of which 25.0 sqmi is land and 0.5 sqmi (1.96%) is water.

Climate

The climate of Hampton is a humid continental climate(Dfc) according to the Köppen climate classification. There are four main seasons in Hampton: winter, spring, summer and fall. There is some form of spring warmth starting from mid April, although nights still border freezing, but get progressively warmer till June, where it plateaus for three months, after which it descends to fall, which is characterized by warmer days and nights than spring. The first fall freeze is in October, but cold-hardy crops such as peas, kale, and carrots survive until November, when the fall warmth ends.

History

Hampton is made up of lands originally shared by the towns of Pomfret and Windham. It was incorporated from the towns of Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Mansfield, and Windham in 1786.

The Congregational Church is the second oldest church in the state still in use, with portions of the structure dating from 1754. Also preserved is "The House the Women Built," a two-story building built in 1776 by Sally Bowers and other young women of the town while the men fought in the Continental Army. At Clark's Corner there is a liberty pole dating from 1849. Erected by a resident named Jonathan Clark, it records the distance to Hartford and other towns.

Notable locations

Hampton Hill Historic District – added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982
Hemlock Glen Industrial Archeological District – added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007

Notable people

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William H. Barnes, jurist
John Brewster Jr. (1766–1854), deaf, itinerant, prolific painter; born in town
Royal B. Farnum (1884–1967), president of the Athenæum and Mechanics Institute
Martin Flint (1782–1855), Vermont political figure and military officer; a leader of the Anti-Masonic Party and Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia
Edwin Way Teale (1899–1980), naturalist and author; lived on a farm in rural Hampton with his wife Nellie from 1959 until his death. Their time at the farm named Trail Wood is chronicled in Teale's book A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm (1974). The property is now managed as a nature preserve by the Connecticut Audubon Society
Theodore Dwight Weld (1803–1895), author of American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses; evangelical abolitionist; born in town, where he lived until 1825
Annie Withey, co-founder of Annie's Homegrown; inventor of Smartfood while living in Hampton with her husband

Demographics

|1820= 1313 |1850= 946 |1860= 936 |1870= 891 |1880= 827 |1890= 632 |1900= 629 |1910= 583 |1920= 475 |1930= 511 |1940= 535 |1950= 672 |1960= 934 |1970= 1129 |1980= 1322 |1990= 1578 |2000= 1758 |2010= 1863 |2020= 1728 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census ::data[format=table]

Voter registration and party enrollment as of April 20, 2007	Party	Active voters	Inactive voters	Total voters	Percentage
	Democratic	368	0	368	30.49%
	Republican	333	0	333	27.59%
	Unaffiliated	501	0	501	41.51%
	Minor Parties	5	0	5	0.41%
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At the 2000 census there were 1,758 people, 674 households, and 494 families living in the town. The population density was 70.3 PD/sqmi. There were 695 housing units at an average density of 27.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 96.64% White, 0.23% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.23% from other races, and 1.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.76%.

Of the 674 households 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 19.7% of households were one person and 7.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04.

The age distribution was 25.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

The median household income was $54,464 and the median family income was $66,339. Males had a median income of $44,688 versus $32,337 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,344. About 2.7% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

"U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates".
"Census - Geography Profile: Hampton town, Windham County, Connecticut".
[http://www.hamptonct.org/] from home page for "Hampton, Connecticut" Web site, accessed October 9, 2006
"Connecticut Audubon Society".
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 25, 2005". Connecticut Secretary of State.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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