Hampton
a town and county-seat of Elizabeth City co., Va., on the James river, and on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and several steamship lines; 15 miles N. W. of Norfolk. It is the seat of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for Indians and Negroes, and a National Soldiers' Home. It is a fashionable resort, having a good bathing ground at Old Point Comfort, and being within 2 miles of Fortress Monroe. It carries on considerable trade in fish and oysters, and manufactures brick and fish oil. The town has weekly newspapers, and a State bank, library, Soldiers' Home and a National Cemetery. Pop. (1910) 5,505; (1920) 6,138.