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Do you know of Hampton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hampton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hampton.<1>

Our sources for Hampton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hampton other than they indicate that Hampton would be found somewhere in Rush County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1910.

Communities Also Named Hampton ...

We found 45 communities that share the name Hampton.

Within Kansas, the name Hampton is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 45 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 45 communities, 40 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tallapoosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hampton [Tallapoosa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hampton [Calhoun County].
    • Connecticut
      • Windham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Hampton [Windham County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Hampton [New Castle County].
    • Florida
      • Bradford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hampton [Bradford County].
    • Georgia
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hampton [Henry County].
    • Idaho
      • Latah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Hampton [Latah County].
    • Illinois
      • Rock Island County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hampton [Rock Island County].
      • Will County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hampton [Will County].
    • Iowa
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Hampton [Franklin County].
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hampton [Boyd County].
      • Livingston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hampton [Livingston County].
    • Louisiana
      • Allen Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hampton [Allen Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hampton [Baltimore County].
      • Talbot County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hampton [Talbot County].
    • Minnesota
      • Dakota County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hampton [Dakota County].
    • Mississippi
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hampton [Washington County].
    • Missouri
      • Platte County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hampton [Platte County].
    • Nebraska
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Hampton [Hamilton County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Hampton.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Hampton [Rockingham County].
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hampton [Sussex County].
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hampton [Washington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Durham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hampton [Durham County].
      • Granville County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hampton [Granville County].
    • North Dakota
      • Emmons County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Hampton [Emmons County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Hampton.
    • Oklahoma
      • Osage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hampton [Osage County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hampton.
    • Oregon
      • Deschutes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Hampton [Deschutes County].
      • Lane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Hampton [Lane County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hampton [Adams County].
      • Berks County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hampton [Berks County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Hampton.
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Hampton.
    • South Carolina
      • Hampton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hampton [Hampton County].
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hampton [Carter County].
    • Texas
      • Nacogdoches County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hampton [Nacogdoches County].
      • Tyler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hampton [Tyler County].
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hampton [Hampton City].
    • Washington
      • Whatcom County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hampton [Whatcom County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hampton [Raleigh County].
      • Upshur County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hampton [Upshur County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Hampton [Milwaukee County].
    • Wyoming
      • Uinta County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Hampton [Uinta County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hampton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hampton:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hampton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Rush County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Rush County.

Belle PrairieLindale
Bellfield 
Big TimberMills
Brookdale 
 Olney
ChaffeeOswell
  
EconomyPioneer
Elm Valley 
EsthiraRock Castle
 Ryan
Fenton 
FingalScheuerman
FlaviusSchoenthal
 Seymour
GiliamShaffer
 Stubbville
Hutton 
 Walnut City
KeimfieldWest Point
 Wittmund
Lieblichdorp 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hampton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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