History · Hampton
A history of Hampton,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Hampton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
6old images & papers
1historic places
5recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hampton was established in 1856 and named after Hampton, New Hampshire.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1900s2 items · Hampton, IACommons
1910s3 items · Hotel PhoenixLOC
1920–1979Nothing in the archives yet
1982Franklin County CourthouseCommons
1990–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Hampton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHampton, IA, 1907: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
Hampton, decade by decade
1900s2 items
1920s–
1970s
1970s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album1980s1 item
1990s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hampton, IA (1907) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (9), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.