The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city was once known as "Bear Creek" or "Bear Creek Station", named after a creek that runs through the area. The town was moved, established and renamed in 1873 when the Central Railroad of Georgia was built approx. one mile to the east. It was named after Brig. General Wade Hampton, an American soldier in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Hampton's historical origins date back to the early 1820s, when the first white settlers arrived in the Bear Creek area.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hampton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hampton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hampton, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Hampton
3 places in Hampton are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.