Hampton, New Brunswick

	settlement Type	Town
	subdivision Type	Country
	subdivision Name	Canada
	subdivision Type1	Province
	subdivision Name1	New Brunswick
	subdivision Type2	County
	subdivision Name2	Kings County
	established Title	Founded
	established Date	1783
	established Title2	Incorporated Village
	established Date2	1966
	established Title3	Town
	established Date3	1991
	area Total Km2	21
	population As Of	2006
	population Total	4004
	population Density Km2	1906
	timezone	Atlantic (AST)
	utc Offset	-4
	timezone DST	ADT
	utc Offset DST	-3
	latd	latm= lats= lat
	longd	longm= longs= long
	elevation M	1 to 77
	elevation Ft	32 to 25262
	website	http://hamptonnew-brunswicknet/
	postal Code Type	Canadian Postal code
	postal Code	E 5N
	area Code	506
	blank Name	Telephone Exchange
	blank Info	832 943
	footnotes

Hampton (2001 pop.: 3,997 Statistics Canada: Hampton, NB.

) 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.

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