Hampton, New Brunswick
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This article is about the town. For the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Hampton Parish, New Brunswick.
Hampton is a town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Hampton | |
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Town | |
Motto: "It's our Nature" | |
Coordinates: 45.51507°N 65.83368°W / 45.51507; -65.83368 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Kings |
Parish | Hampton Parish |
Founded | September 1783 |
Incorporated Village | 1966 |
Town | 1991 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Robert “Dewey” Doucet |
• MLA | Gary Crossman |
• MP | Rob Moore |
Area | |
• Land | 20.97 km2 (8.10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1 to 77 m (3.2 to 252.62 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 4,395 |
• Density | 209.6/km2 (543/sq mi) |
• Change (2016–21) | 2.5% |
Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Canadian Postal code | E5N |
Area code | 506 |
Telephone Exchange | 832, 943 |
Website | www.townofhampton.ca |
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Located on the Kennebecasis River 30 kilometres northeast of Saint John, Hampton is the shire town of Kings County. It functioned as the seat of county government between 1870[2] and 1966 (when county governments were abolished) and is today a service centre for the central Kennebecasis River valley, as well as being a suburb of Saint John. Hampton also has its own RCMP detachment that was built in 1999.
On 1 January 2023, Hampton was greatly enlarged by annexing all or part of four local service districts;[3][4] revised census figures have not been released.