Hampton, New Brunswick

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official_name = Hampton
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settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = New Brunswick
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kings County
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1783
established_title2 = Incorporated Village
established_date2 = 1966
established_title3 = Town
established_date3 = 1991
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area_total_km2 = 21
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population_as_of = 2006
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population_total = 4004
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population_density_km2 = 190.6
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timezone = Atlantic (AST)
utc_offset = -4
timezone_DST = ADT
utc_offset_DST = -3
latd= 45.51507
longd=-65.83368
elevation_m = 1 to 77
elevation_ft = 3.2 to 252.62
website = [http://www.new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/hampton/ Hampton]
postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code
postal_code = E5N
area_code = 506
blank_name = Telephone Exchange
blank_info = 832 943
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Hampton (2001 pop.: 3,997 [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1305007&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=hampton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=13&B1=All&Custom=/ Statistics Canada: Hampton, NB.] ] ) is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.

Located on the Kennebecasis River 30 kilometres northeast of Saint John, Hampton is the shire town of Kings County.

The town was first settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1783. It functioned as the seat of county government between 1850 and 1965 (when county governments were abolished) and is today a service centre for the central Kennebecasis River valley, as well as being an exurb of Saint John.

The town of Hampton is the birth place of John Peters Humphrey, (one of the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), home of the late artist and sculptor John Hooper, popular MLA Bev Harrison, and singer-songwriter [http://www.jessicarhaye.com Jessica Rhaye] .

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External links

* [http://bridges.nblighthouses.com/ New Brunswick Covered Bridges]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.524039,-65.819263&spn=0.029680,0.040158&t=k&hl=en Google Map]
* [http://www.zeldasriveradventures.ca See historic Hampton from the Kennebecasis River.]