Hampton is a small Canadian rural community located in southwestern Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
Situated immediately east of Crapaud in the township of Lot 29, Hampton functions as a small highway service centre.
The area was named in 1865 by Mrs. James MacPhail, who came from New Brunswick, possibly Hampton in Kings County.
In 2002, Peter Bevan-Baker, who later became the Leader of the Official Opposition, settled in Hampton after moving from Scotland via Ontario.
[1] “Ellen’s Diary, by an Island Farmer’s Wife” was a regular column written by Margaret MacQuarrie Dixon that was featured in The Guardian newspaper from 1945 to 1963.