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Hampshire is a village in Kane County, Illinois, about 55 miles west of Chicago, with deep roots as a farming and dairy community.

Hampshire was originally known as Henpeck, which existed from 1837 to 1845 along the Chicago-Galena Stagecoach Trail after Zenas Allen of Vermont became its first settler in 1836.

Hampshire Township was organized in 1845 and the settlement's name was changed to Hampshire, but the present village was platted on October 22, 1874, by Andrew J. Willing and Ceylon A. Fassett after the community relocated to be along the Chicago-Pacific Railroad line.

Hampshire was officially incorporated in 1876 with Samuel Rowell as its first village president, on an incorporation vote of 73 to 2.

By 1893 the farming community of Hampshire had grown to become the second largest milk-producing and shipping station in Illinois.

In 1994 the village annexed north to the I-90 and US 20 interchange, which included the community's original Henpeck area where settlement began.

Hampshire has been one of the fastest-growing villages in the Chicago region, with a population of 7,667 at the 2020 census, up from 5,563 in 2010 and just 2,904 in 2000.

Hampshire has about 2,604 households according to Census QuickFacts for 2020-2024, with a notably large average of about 3.27 persons per household.

Hampshire students are served by Community Unit School District 300 and attend Hampshire High School, whose teams are called the Whip-Purs, a name combining the school's colors of white and purple.