| Official Name: | Hampton, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Henry |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 22.02 |
| Area Land Km2: | 21.87 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.15 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.50 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.45 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 8368 |
| Population Density Km2: | 382.58 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 990.88 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Elevation M: | 269 |
| Elevation Ft: | 883 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 30228 |
| Area Code: | 770/678/470 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-36276[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0315076[3] |
| Named For: | Wade Hampton |
Hampton is a city in southwestern Henry County, Georgia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 8,368. It is a southeastern suburb in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
The city was once known as "Bear Creek" or "Bear Creek Station", named after a creek that runs through the area.[4] 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.
The Atlanta Motor Speedway and the Atlanta Speedway Airport are located 3miles west of Hampton. The Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center, the Federal Aviation Administration's ARTCC for the airspace over Atlanta and other parts of the Southeast U.S., is located in Hampton.
Hampton is located in southwestern Henry County at (33.381522, -84.289573).[5]
U.S. Route 19/41, a four-lane highway, runs through the western side of the city, leading north to downtown Atlanta and south to Griffin. Georgia State Route 20 runs east from US 19/41 through the southern part of Hampton, leading 7miles to Interstate 75 and 10miles to McDonough.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Hampton has a total area of 14.7km2, of which 14.5km2 are land and 0.1km2, or 0.86%, are water.[6]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,935 | 35.07% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 4,198 | 50.17% | |
| Native American | 14 | 0.17% | |
| Asian | 130 | 1.55% | |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.01% | |
| Other/Mixed | 405 | 4.84% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 685 | 8.19% |