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== Hampton == | == Hampton == | ||
| - | + | Hampton is an independent city in Virginia, and therefore not part of any Virginia county. One of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads, it is on the southeast end of the Virginia Peninsula, bordering on Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. It is the sixth most populous city in Virginia, the most populous settlement with the name, and one of the oldest cities in the United States. | |
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| + | As of the 2000 U.S. census, the city population was 146,437, but the census estimate for 2005 showed that the city's population was down slightly to 145,579. | ||
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| + | Hampton hosts Fort Monroe, Langley Air Force Base, NASA Langley Research Center, and the Virginia Air and Space Center, and is home of the historic Hampton University est. 1868 and features a wide array of business and industrial enterprises, retail and residential areas, historical sites, and miles of waterfront and beaches.<ref name=wikipedia>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia Hampton, Virginia] Wikipedia.ORG. Accessed September 2009.</ref> | ||
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Hampton
Hampton is an independent city in Virginia, and therefore not part of any Virginia county. One of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads, it is on the southeast end of the Virginia Peninsula, bordering on Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. It is the sixth most populous city in Virginia, the most populous settlement with the name, and one of the oldest cities in the United States.
As of the 2000 U.S. census, the city population was 146,437, but the census estimate for 2005 showed that the city's population was down slightly to 145,579.
Hampton hosts Fort Monroe, Langley Air Force Base, NASA Langley Research Center, and the Virginia Air and Space Center, and is home of the historic Hampton University est. 1868 and features a wide array of business and industrial enterprises, retail and residential areas, historical sites, and miles of waterfront and beaches.[1]
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