[2] The town of Hampton was laid out by H. P. Allen, who was the county surveyor, in June 1856.

[2] Four double squares were platted in Iowa, but only those in Hampton and Sidney survived their early period of development.

The district's period of significance is from 1856, when it was of platted, to 1935 when the last public building was constructed.

The buildings are largely two stories tall and constructed of brick in the styles that were popular at the time.

This article about a property in Franklin County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.