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Hampton city, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
35historic places
—earliest paper
1908formed
137,148pop. 2020
18cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 35 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Hampton (Independent City), Fort Monroe, Hampton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Hampton city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 35 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

35 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aberdeen GardensHampton (Independent City)District1994
Buckroe Beach CarouselHampton (Independent City)Structure1992
Chamberlin HotelHampton (Independent City)Building2007
Chapel of the CenturionFort MonroeBuilding2011
Chesterville Plantation SiteHampton (Independent City)Site1973
Chesterville Site (Additional Documentation)Hampton (Independent City)Site1973
Chesterville Site (Boundary Decrease)Hampton (Independent City)Site2022
Clark, Reuben, HouseHampton (Independent City)Building1984
Eight-Foot High Speed Tunnel NHLHampton (Independent City)Structure1985
Fort Monroe NHLHampton (Independent City)District1966
Fort Monroe (Boundary Increase & Additional Documentation)Fort MonroeDistrict2015
Fort WoolHampton (Independent City)District1969
Full Scale Tunnel NHLHampton (Independent City)Structure1985
Hampton City HallHampton (Independent City)Building2007
Hampton Downtown Historic DistrictHamptonDistrict2010
Hampton Institute NHLHampton (Independent City)District1969
Hampton National CemeteryHampton (Independent City)Site1996
Hampton National Guard ArmoryHamptonBuilding2016
Herbert HouseHampton (Independent City)Building1972
Little England ChapelHampton (Independent City)Building1982
Lunar Landing Research Facility NHLHampton (Independent City)Structure1985
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) Historic DistrictHampton (Independent City)District2012
Old Point Comfort LighthouseHampton (Independent City)Building1973
Old Wythe Historic DistrictHampton (Independent City)District2012
Pasture Point Historic DistrictHamptonDistrict2012
Phoebus Historic DistrictHampton (Independent City)District2006
Quarters 1Fort MonroeBuilding2011
Quarters 17Fort MonroeBuilding2011
Rendezvous Docking Simulator NHLHampton (Independent City)Object1985
Scott HouseHampton (Independent City)Building1999
St. John's ChurchHampton (Independent City)Building1970
Thimble Shoal Light StationHampton City (Independent City)Structure2002
Trusty, William H., HouseHampton (Independent City)Building1979
Variable Density Tunnel NHLHampton (Independent City)Structure1985
Victoria Boulevard Historic DistrictHampton (Independent City)District1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hampton (Ic) was formed in 1908 (1908-03-30) from unknown / original county.

Hampton made an independent city form ELIZABETH CITY (extinct).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hampton city population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

146k76k5,505191019201960197020002020
19101920194019501960198020002020
5,5056,1385,8985,96689,258122,617146,437137,148

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

18 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 18 of 18 listed
NameLatLon
Barnes Cemetery37.03423-76.3224
Basset Cemetery37.03125-76.34883
Bethel AME Church Cemetery37.02818-76.34728
Clark Cemetery37.06875-76.30077
Ebenezer Cemetery37.08776-76.40167
Elmerton Cemetery37.03236-76.34466
Greenlawn Memorial Park36.99507-76.40458
Hampton National Cemetery37.01943-76.33528
Hampton National Cemetery (VAMC)37.01855-76.33102
Hampton Veterans Memorial Park37.06264-76.39606
Hebrew Cemetery37.00091-76.38386
Lincoln Park Cemetery (historical)37.03709-76.35383
Mount Olive Cemetery37.02175-76.41359
Oakland Cemetery37.03375-76.32883
Parklawn Memorial Cemetery37.05542-76.38439
Pleasant Cemetery37.02819-76.35522
Pleasant Shade Cemetery36.99701-76.40337
Saint John's Cemetery37.02708-76.34689

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Big Bethel88611.5 kmVA003

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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