History of Hampton NJ

Hampton. was set off from Newton township in. March, 1864. It was named from Jonathan Hampton - he who gave the land for the court-house at Newton, and by whose efforts and influence that place was preferred, before Stiliwater, for the county seat.

It has Prankford on the north, Newton and Hampton on the south, Lafayette on the east, Stillwater and Green on the west. Toward the north-west, as you approach the Blue Mountains, the surface becomes very rugged and hilly. The only villages are Balesville and Washingtonville, about a mile apart in the northern portion. The sole occupation of the people is farming and grazing, though the Paulinskill, which passes through it, affords excellent power.

The township contains 12,943 acres, and, according to the Assessor’s Report for 1871, the total valuation of Taxable property was $90,990..

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