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The town of Hampton was laid out by H. P. Allen, who was the county surveyor, in June 1856. The original plat was eight blocks by eight blocks in the shape of an "L". Near the center of the "L" was the two-block, or double, square. While many county seats in Iowa have a courthouse square, the double square is a rarity. [2]
The Iowa legislature had passed a law in 1884 that allowed counties to levy a tax to support building G.A.R. memorials. Captain Rufus S. Benson, a local state representative, had the law amended in 1886 so that it allowed for the construction of a memorial hall, as the local G.A.R. chapter wanted it to be a place where they could meet.
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,019. [1] The county seat is Hampton. [2] The county was formed on January 15, 1851 [3] and named after Benjamin Franklin. [4]
Hampton's longitude and latitude coordinates, in decimal form are 42.743164, -93.207872. [ 4 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.43 square miles (11.47 km 2 ), all land.
The Franklin County Courthouse in Hampton, Iowa, United States was built in 1891. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. [1] In 2003 it was included as a contributing property in the Hampton Double Square Historic District. [2]
Area code 319 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southeastern and east-central parts of the U.S. state of Iowa. Major cities in the numbering plan area (NPA) include Burlington, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Oelwein, Fort Madison, Iowa City, Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, and Waterloo.
Pages in category "Hampton, Iowa" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
It lies along local roads just off U.S. Route 65, north of the city of Hampton, the county seat of Franklin County. [3] Its elevation is 1,155 feet (352 m), and it is located at 42°50′1″N 93°13′20″W / 42.83361°N 93.22222°W / 42.83361; -93.22222 (42.8335814, -93.2221464