Hampton (Florida)
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1925 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Florida |
| County : | Bradford County |
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 52 ′ N , 82 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 500 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 185.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 46 m |
| Postal code : | 32044 |
| Area code : | +1 352 |
| FIPS : | 12-28575 |
| GNIS ID : | 0283671 |
| Website : | hamptonfl.com |
| Mayor : | Dan Williams |
Hampton is a city in Bradford County in the US state of Florida with 500 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
Hampton is about 10 km south of Starke and about 70 km southwest of Jacksonville .
history
The place received its first railroad connection in 1859 through the Florida Railroad between Fernandina and Gainesville . The place became a railway junction when the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway opened a railway line between Valdosta ( Georgia ), Lake City and Palatka in 1890 . After the early bankruptcy of the company, it went as a daughter in 1895 to the Southern Railway , which in turn merged in 1990 with the Norfolk and Western to the Norfolk Southern Railway . The line itself was shut down between Lake City and Palatka in the late 1980s after Norfolk Southern acquired the route usage rights between Jacksonville and Palatka from CSX . The section from Lake Butler via Hampton to Palatka has now been converted by the Florida Department of Transportation into the 76 km long Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail .
The city expanded its urban area in the form of a narrow strip to the nearby US Highway 301 in the mid-1990s . This was done with the intention of improving the city's finances by carrying out speed controls on the route section in the city area. The increasingly excessive controls, which between 2010 and 2012 brought in around 600,000 US dollars alone, aroused resentment in the population and in politics in the surrounding area. In 2014, a state audit revealed, in addition to other serious irregularities, that the city was unable to provide any accounting documents and that considerable sums of money had been embezzled. The extent of the violations and the inability of the city to rebuild its administration led to the state threat to dissolve the city as a local authority .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the 500 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 232 households. The population density was 185.2 inh / km². 87.4% of the population identified themselves as white and 9.0% as African American . 1.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.2% to several ethnic groups. 1.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 37.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 32.8% of all households. 64.1% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.60 people and the average family size was 3.12 people.
29.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 49.0% of the population were male and 51.0% were female.
The median annual income was $ 33,403, with 21.5% of the population living below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 100% of the population.
traffic
Hampton is crossed by US Highway 301 ( SR 200 ). The nearest airport is Gainesville Regional Airport (around 25 km southwest).
crime
The crime rate in 2010 was 165 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There were two assaults, three break-ins, one theft, and one car theft.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
- ↑ Lake City to Palatka. Retrieved September 4, 2015 .
- ^ A Dot on the Map, After Scandal, Could Be Wiped Off , New York Times, March 10, 2014
- ↑ The most corrupt place in America Süddeutsche.de of March 17, 2014
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Hampton-Florida.html
