Hampton, Minnesota

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Hampton
Water tower in Hampton, Minnesota
Water tower in Hampton, Minnesota
Location in Minnesota
Dakota County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hampton Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1858
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Dakota County
Coordinates : 44 ° 37 ′  N , 93 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 37 ′  N , 93 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
689 (status: 2010)
3,279,833 (status: 2010)
Population density : 195.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.52 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 302 m
Postal code : 55031
Area code : +1 651
FIPS : 27-26864
GNIS ID : 644612
Mayor : Paye Flomo

Hampton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Dakota County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Hampton had 689 residents.

Hampton is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .

geography

Hampton is located in the southern suburbs of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul at 44 ° 36'35 "north latitude and 92 ° 59'51" west longitude and extends over an area of ​​3.52 km².

Neighboring towns to Hampton are Coates (8 miles north), Vermillion (9.4 miles northeast), New Trier (6.4 miles east), Cannon Falls (14.8 miles southwest), Randolph (7.1 miles south ), Northfield ( 13.7 miles southwest), Farmington (8.5 miles west-northwest), and Rosemount (14.3 miles northwest).

Downtown Minneapolis is 35 miles north-northwest; downtown Saint Paul , the capital of Minnesota, is 26 miles north.

traffic

The four-lane US Highway 52 leads north-south along the western edge of the center of Hampton. The Minnesota State Route 50 leads as the main road through the city of Hampton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city roads.

The nearest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 42.1 km to the northwest .

history

In 1856 a post office was established in the area around today's city. The Hampton Township was established in 1858 and after an eponymous town in Connecticut named. The present commune was separated from the township in 1896 and incorporated as the Village of Hampton .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Hampton had 689 people in 245 households. The population density was 195.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.81 people lived in each of the 245 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.

29.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.8 percent were 65 years or older. 46.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 67.813  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,910. 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 26, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 26, 2013
  3. lakesnwoods.com - Hampton, Minnesota. Retrieved June 26, 2013

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