Hampton, Connecticut

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hampton, Connecticut
settlement_type = Town


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subdivision_type = NECTA
subdivision_name = None
subdivision_type1 = Region
subdivision_name1 = Windham Region
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government_type = Selectman-town meeting
leader_title = First selectman
leader_name = Maurice Y. Bisson
established_title = Incorporated
established_date = 1786
area_land_km2 = 64.8
area_water_km2 = 1.3
area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
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area_total_km2 = 66.0
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 2034
population_footnotes = [ [http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2005_9.csv U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates] ]
population_density_sq_mi = 81
population_density_km2 = 31
timezone = Eastern
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = Eastern
utc_offset_DST = -4
area_land_sq_mi = 25.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5
elevation_m = 212
elevation_ft = 696
latd = 41 |latm = 47 |lats = 12 |latNS = N
longd = 72 |longm = 03 |longs = 31 |longEW = W
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 06247
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website = http://hamptonct.org/
area_code = 860
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blank_info = 09-36000
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Hampton is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,758 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 25.5 square miles (66.0 km²), of which, 25.0 square miles (64.7 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (1.96%) is water.

History

Hampton is made up of lands originally shared by the towns of Pomfret and Windham. It was incorporated from the towns of Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Mansfield, and Windham in 1786. The Congregational Church is the second oldest building in the state, with portions of the structure dating from 1754. Also preserved is "The House the Women Built," a 2-story building built in 1776 by Sally Bowers and other young women of the town while the men fought in the Continental Army. At Clark's Corner there is also a liberty pole dating from 1849. Erected by a resident named Jonathan Clark, it records the distance to Hartford and other towns. [ [http://www.hamptonct.org/] from home page for "Hampton, Connecticut" Web site, accessed October 9, 2006]

Notable people, past and present

*John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854) deaf, itinerant, prolific painter, was born in town.
*Theodore Dwight Weld (1803–1895), the author of "American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses," an evangelical abolitionist who was born in town, where he lived until 1825 when his family moved to upstate New York.
*Edwin Way Teale (1899-1980), American naturalist and author, lived on a farm in rural Hampton with his wife Nellie from 1959 until his death in 1980. Their time at the farm named Trail Wood is chronicled in Teale's book "A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm" (1974). The property is now managed as a [http://www.ctaudubon.org/visit/trailwood.htm nature preserve] by the Connecticut Audubon Society. [Connecticut Audubon Society, Center At Trail Wood, url=http://www.ctaudubon.org/visit/trailwood.htm, accessed 3/2/2008 ]

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,758 people, 674 households, and 494 families residing in the town. The population density was 70.3 people per square mile (27.2/km²). There were 695 housing units at an average density of 27.8/sq mi (10.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.64% White, 0.23% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.23% from other races, and 1.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.76% of the population.

There were 674 households out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $54,464, and the median income for a family was $66,339. Males had a median income of $44,688 versus $32,337 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,344. About 2.7% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* [http://www.hamptonct.org/ Hampton Town Hall]
* [http://hampton.dems.info/ Hampton Democratic Town Committee]
* [http://www.hamptonucc.org/ Hampton Congregational Church]