Hampton (Virginia)

Hampton
Hampton Location in Virginia
Basic data
Foundation :	1610
State :	United States
State :	Virginia
Coordinates :	37 ° 2 ′  N , 76 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 2 ′  N , 76 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants : -  Metropolitan Area :	137,436 (as of 2010) 1,674,498 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1,024.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	352.8 km 2  (approx. 136 mi 2 ) of which 134.1 km 2  (approx. 52 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	3 m
Area code :	+1 757
FIPS :	51-35000
GNIS ID :	1495650
Website :	www.hampton.gov
Mayor :	Molly Joseph Ward

Hampton is a city in Virginia , USA , on a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay . Founded on July 9, 1610, it is the third oldest English-speaking settlement in America. Hampton is one of the seven cities of the "Hampton Roads".

The population is 137,436 (2010). Your urban area includes Elizabeth City County , which was dissolved in 1952 and originally founded as Elizabeth City Shire in 1634 .

Langley Air Force Base , Langley Research Center and Hampton University are in or near the city .

Population development

year	Residents¹
1980	122,617
1990	133,811
2000	146,437
2010	137,436

¹ 1980–2010: Census Results

Attractions

• Air Power Park
• Bluebird Gap Farm
• Buckroe Beach
• Fort Monroe
• Grandview Beach
• Hampton Coliseum
• Hampton History Museum
• Hampton National Cemetery
• Hampton Plaza
• Hampton University
• Jefferson Davis Casemate Museum
• Langley Air Force Base and Langley Research Center of NASA
• Old Point Comfort
• Power Plant of Hampton Roads
• Sandy Bottom Nature Park
• Virginia Air and Space Center
• War Memorial Stadium
• Langley Speedway

Town twinning

• Anyang ( South Korea ), since 1989

sons and daughters of the town

• Rob Brown (* 1962), jazz alto saxophonist
• Larry Burton (born 1951), sprinter and American football player
• Stafford LeRoy Irwin (1893–1955), Commander in World War II and Commander in Chief of the United States Forces in occupied Austria
• Allen Iverson (* 1975), professional basketball player in the NBA
• Mary Jackson (1921–2005), engineer and NASA employee
• Steve James (born 1953), director and producer
• Nikki Nova (* 1972), porn actress
• H. Allen Orr (* 1960), evolutionary biologist and geneticist
• Bill Pierce (* 1948), jazz saxophonist
• Alexander Doniphan Wallace (1905–1985), mathematician
• Victor Wooten (* 1964), bassist and composer

Individual evidence

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