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Welcome to Hampshire ...The village of Hampshire is located in Kane County<1>. The location of Hampshire has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Hampshire: HAMP-shuhr<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Hampshire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Hampshire has a population of 6,249 people<4> (see below for details). Hampshire is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Hampshire lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Hampshire: (847) and (224)<6> The ZIP code for Hampshire: 60140<7> Websites for Hampshire ...Official Website: www.hampshireillinois.com/ Junior League: www.jlkd.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hampshire had an population of 6,249 people. This is an increase of 12.33% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 115.48% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Hampshire had a population of 5,563 people. This makes Hampshire the county's 14th most populous community. The population of Hampshire represents 0.04% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 314th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,563 people, the population of Hampshire increased 91.83% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,900 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Hampshire. Communities Also Named Hampshire ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Hampshire - they are located in Maryland (2), Michigan, New York, Ohio, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hampshire. Communities near Hampshire ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hampshire.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hampshire. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hampshire. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hampshire. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hampshire. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hampshire. See our Newspapers Page for Hampshire. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hampshire ...Looking for more information about Hampshire? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Hampshire, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hampshire. Adding Hampshire to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hampshire in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hampshire was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Hampshire in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Hampshire. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Hampshire: www.hampshireillinois.com/ The official website for Kane County: www.co.kane.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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