[1][2] At the time, it was at the junction of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad with stations for both.

[7] In November 2013, the city's mayor Barry Layne Moore was arrested for selling Oxycodone.

[13] They agreed to let Hampton stay incorporated, because the city retracted the annexation of U.S. Highway 301 and decommissioned its police force.

[14] In May 2022, the justification for the speed trap was deemed invalid from its inception by Reason magazine, which reported that, "Many speed-trap towns defend their aggressive traffic enforcement on ostensible public safety grounds.

[16] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2), all land.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 432 people, 220 households, and 128 families residing in the city.

[20] As of the 2010 United States census, there were 500 people, 182 households, and 118 families residing in the city.