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

The area in which the town of Hampton is located had been inhabited by French settlers in the 1600s while First Nations had called it home since time immemorial. The United Empire Loyalists were the first to establish permanent settlements in the area shortly after arriving in 1783. It was in 1785 that Kings County was established in NB and in 1795 the Parish of Hampton was created out of parts of Sussex and Kingston parishes. Hampton was incorporated as a village in 1966.

Hampton New Brunswick has four different schools: Dr. A. T. Leatherbarrow Primary School, Hampton Elementary School, Hampton Middle School, and Hampton High School. Their High School is represented by a variety of athletic teams including basketball, soccer, golf, football, hockey, and track and field. Their athletic mascot is Frostbite.

Highways in Hampton include Route 1, Route 100, Route 121, and Route 845. There is a modern roundabout in the town centre. The community obtained rail service in 1859 with the opening of the European and North American Railway to Saint John, connecting to Moncton in 1860. Passenger service continued until 1994. The tracks are still in use for freight, as Canadian National Railways operate them as a secondary mainline. There was also rail service to St. Martins in the late nineteenth century on the Hampton and St. Martins Railway.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hampton had a population of 4395 living in 1740 of its 1804 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 4289. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. has to offer in terms of organized sports is track and field. The school gets students from their fifth grade classes who are interested in participating to go to Sussex Elementary School to compete against other elementary schools in the area. This event typically takes place in the month of June. The school's team name is the Hampton Hawks. Hampton Middle School has a lot of teams to participate in Anglophone School District South competitions against other middle schools. The sports that they have to offer are basketball, badminton, volleyball, soccer, cross country, and track and field. Their school's team name is the Hampton Wildcats. Hampton High School is Hampton's only secondary school, and home of the Hampton Huskies. They participate in the NBIAA, or the New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association. They have numerous sports teams. The list includes hockey, baseball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, badminton, rugby, cross country running, and track and field. Their school's team name is the Hampton Huskies. Their mascot is Frostbite. Hampton is home of the Hampton Bulldogs, which is the town's most popular sports team. The team plays hockey, and their home arena is the Hampton Community Centre. They play in the New Brunswick Central Midget Hockey League.