Hampton University
Hampton University is a private, historically Black, research university in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.Photo: Kevin Coles, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: School
- Description: historically black university in Virginia
- Also known as: “Hampton Institute”, “Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute”, “Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute”, and “Hampton Normal School”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hampton University Museum and Hampton National Cemetery.
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 University Museum is situated 450 feet north of Hampton University.
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. Hampton National Cemetery is situated 1,300 feet east of Hampton University.
Virginia Air and Space Science Center
Museum
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Virginia Air and Space Science Center is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Hampton University.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 2 miles southeast of Hampton University.
Hampton University
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Hampton University” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة هامبتون”
- Belarusian: “Гэмптанскі ўнівэрсытэт”
- Belarusian: “Хэмптанскі ўніверсітэт”
- Catalan: “Hampton University”
- Catalan: “Universitat de Hampton”
- Chinese: “漢普頓大學”
- Czech: “Hamptonská univerzita”
- Dutch: “Hampton University”
- French: “Hampton University”
- French: “Université d’Hampton”
- French: “université de Hampton”
- French: “Université de hampton”
- French: “Université de Hampton”
- German: “Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute”
- German: “Hampton Universität”
- German: “Hampton University”
- German: “The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute”
- German: “Universität Hampton”
- Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת המפטון”
- Inari Sami: “Hampton ollâopâttâh”
- Indonesian: “Hampton University”
- Indonesian: “Universitas Hampton”
- Irish: “Ollscoil Hampton”
- Japanese: “ハンプトン大学”
- Northern Sami: “Hampton universitehta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hampton University”
- Norwegian: “Hampton University”
- Portuguese: “Universidade Hampton”
- Russian: “Хэмптонский университет”
- Skolt Sami: “Hampton universiteʹtt”
- Spanish: “Universidad de Hampton”
- Swedish: “Hampton University”
- Ukrainian: “Гемптонський інститут”
- Ukrainian: “Гемптонський універитет”
- Ukrainian: “Університет Гемптона”
- Urdu: “ہیمپٹن یونیورسٹی”
- Welsh: “Prifysgol Hampton”
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