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Welcome to Hampton Beach ...

Hampton Beach is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hampton Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for Hampton Beach: Hampton Bch.

Hampton Beach is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Hampton Beach lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hampton Beach: 603

Communities Also Named Hampton Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hampton Beach - they are located in Florida and New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hampton Beach.

Communities near Hampton Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hampton Beach.

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 Hampton Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hampton Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hampton Beach. 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 Hampton Beach.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hampton Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Hampton Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hampton Beach ...

Looking for more information about Hampton Beach? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hampton Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hampton Beach.

Adding Hampton Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hampton Beach 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 Hampton Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hampton Beach post office opened in 1837.

We also found Hampton Beach on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Hampshire (1912).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hampton Beach.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Rockingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hampton Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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