'Hampton' (2001 pop.: 3,997
[1]
) is a
Canadian town in
Kings County,
New Brunswick.
Located on the
Kennebecasis River 30
kilometres northeast of
Saint John, Hampton is the
shire town of Kings County.
The town was first settled by
United Empire Loyalists in
1783. It functioned as the seat of county government between
1850 and
1965 (when county governments were abolished) and is today a service centre for the central Kennebecasis River valley, as well as being an
exurb of Saint John.
The town of Hampton is the birth place of
John Peters Humphrey, (one of the drafters of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights), home of the late artist and sculptor
John Hooper and hometown of singer-songwriter
Jessica Rhaye.
Notes
1. Statistics Canada: Hampton, NB.
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