Northampton is a town 52 kilometres (32 mi) north of Geraldton, in the Mid West region of Western Australia.

The town was sited in the Nokanena Brook valley, between the hamlets around the two major copper mines in the area, the Wanerenooka and the Gwalla.

[4] Lead ore was first found by explorer James Perry Walcott, a member of Augustus Charles Gregory's party, in 1848 in the bed of the Murchison River, establishing the mining industry in Western Australia.

The bridge over Nokanena Brook was swamped, with extensive damage; the water levels were the highest recorded in ten years.

[12] In April 2021 the town suffered serious damage from Tropical Cyclone Seroja after making landfall as an Australian scale Category 3 system north of nearby Gregory.

It was classified as a "historic town" by the National Trust of Australia (WA) in 1993 in recognition of the important heritage buildings that have been conserved and which are still in use there.

The first Western Australian government railway was constructed from Geraldton to Northampton, a distance of 53.6 kilometres (33.31 mi), and opened on 26 July 1879.