Hampton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

[3] Hampton is often considered a subdivision of the nearby community of Towson and is located just north of Baltimore, about twenty minutes from downtown.

In the latter half of the 18th century, the Hampton Mansion was built by the Ridgely family, who used the surrounding land for farming, including apple orchards and the breeding of thoroughbred race horses, along with slave quarters.

[4] In 1958, the Towson United Methodist Church completed construction of its large Georgian-style sanctuary with a 235-foot (72 m) spire on 16 acres (65,000 m2) of land in Hampton.

[4] In 2008, the church announced plans to sell a 5-acre (20,000 m2) outparcel of undeveloped, wooded property to a developer for construction of a senior housing complex.

[5] A zoning change application was submitted to Baltimore County to increase density to 16 residential units per acre.

However, the Hampton Improvement Association, representing neighborhood residents, objected, saying they "oppose zoning changes that would allow higher density residential development and require trees to be knocked down".