Hampton, New Brunswick

Hampton is a town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

This article is about the town. For the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Hampton Parish, New Brunswick.
Hampton
Town
Former Hampton Post Office
Coat of arms
Motto: 
"It's our Nature"
Hampton
Coordinates: 45.51507°N 65.83368°W / 45.51507; -65.83368
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyKings
ParishHampton Parish
FoundedSeptember 1783
Incorporated Village1966
Town1991
Government
 • MayorRobert “Dewey” Doucet
 • MLAGary Crossman
 • MPRob Moore
Area
 • Land20.97 km2 (8.10 sq mi)
Elevation
1 to 77 m (3.2 to 252.62 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total4,395
 • Density209.6/km2 (543/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–21)
 2.5%
Time zoneUTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code
E5N
Area code506
Telephone Exchange832, 943
Websitewww.townofhampton.ca

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 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; revised census figures have not been released.

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