Hampton, Missouri was a small hamlet in rural
Platte County, Missouri
Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City. The county was org ...
.
The area around Hampton was picked in 1953 to be home for the Kansas City Industrial Airport. In 1966
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
annexed the hamlet as part of upgrading the airport to
Kansas City International Airport.
The hamlet was one of the first settlements following the
Platte Purchase
The Platte Purchase was a land acquisition in 1836 by the United States government from American Indian tribes of the region. It comprised lands along the east bank of the Missouri River and added to the northwest corner of the state of Miss ...
in 1836. Hampton has the name of Hampton Kimsey, who owned the land where the community now stands. A post office called Hampton was established in 1853, and remained in operation until 1904.
The hamlet was just south of the airport. It is connected to
Farley, Missouri
Farley is a village in Platte County, Missouri, within the United States, along the Platte River. The population was 269 at the 2010 census. It lies within the Kansas City metropolitan area.
History
A post office called Farley has been in opera ...
to the west by NW Farley Hampton Road. The NW Hampton Road goes south from the community. On the official Kansas City list of its neighborhoods it is part of
KCI-2nd Creek, Kansas City.
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Neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri
Populated places in Platte County, Missouri