Hampton River
The Hampton River is a 3.2-mile-long tidal estuary which empties into Hampton Roads near its mouth. Hampton Roads in turn empties into the southern end of Chesapeake Bay, in southeast Virginia, United States.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Hampton Creek” and “Southampton River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herbert House and Hampton University Museum.
Herbert House
Historic house
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herbert House is a historic plantation home located at Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1753 on the point of land where the Hampton River meets Sunset Creek near Hampton Roads, and is a two-story, U-shaped, brick and frame Georgian style dwelling.
Hampton University Museum
Museum
Founded in 1868 on the campus of Hampton University, the Hampton University Museum is the oldest African-American museum in the United States and the oldest museum in Virginia.
Hampton National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres, and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Phoebus.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927.
Phoebus
Suburb
Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Fort Monroe is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hampton River.
Hampton River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Hampton River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hampton”
- Cebuano: “Hampton River”
- Dutch: “Hampton River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Hampton”
- Venetian: “Hampton”
- Welsh: “Afon Hampton”
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