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Hampton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, just north of Baltimore and often considered part of nearby Towson.

The 2020 census counted 5,180 people in Hampton, up from 5,052 in 2010 and 5,004 in 2000.

The 2020 census recorded 1,895 households and 1,980 housing units in the CDP, and the median age in 2020 was 49.2 years.

Hampton covers about 6.35 square miles in total, of which about 5.95 square miles are land.

The community grew up around the Hampton estate: the land was part of a 1695 grant to a relative of Lord Baltimore and was sold on April 2, 1745, to Colonel Charles Ridgely.

The Ridgely family built Hampton Mansion in the late 18th century, farmed the estate, kept apple orchards, bred thoroughbred racehorses, and held enslaved people in stone slave quarters that still survive.

The Ridgelys owned Hampton until 1948; the Hampton Development Company, formed in 1929, subdivided the surrounding land into the modern community of large lots in a park-like setting, with zoning limiting density to no more than two homes per acre.

Hampton Mansion and its remaining 43 acres were designated a National Historic Site on June 22, 1948 - Hampton was the first site selected as a National Historic Site for its architectural significance - and the National Park Service acquired the site in 1979; it now covers about 62 acres.

Towson United Methodist Church, located in Hampton, completed its Georgian-style sanctuary in 1958, topped by a 235-foot spire.

Schools serving Hampton include Hampton Elementary School, Cromwell Valley Elementary School, and Ridgely Middle School, with students attending Loch Raven or Towson high schools, and Notre Dame Preparatory School and Concordia Preparatory School are also located in the community.