Hampton, Oregon
Hampton is an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Brothers, on U.S. Route 20, on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert.[2] It is the largest settlement between Bend and Hines.[3]
Hampton was named for the Hampton Buttes, which in turn were named for Joe Hampton, who moved to the area from Eugene in the 1870s.[4][5] Hampton post office was established in 1911 and closed in 1953, after one intermission.[4] In 1940 Hampton had a population of 41.[5] As of 2003, Hampton, also known as Hampton Station, had a gas station and a restaurant.[4]
Lane County
There is also a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad Cascade Line (now the Union Pacific) named "Hampton", on Lookout Point Lake about 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Lowell.[4][2] It was established in 1952, when the railroad was relocated because of the creation of the lake, and named for Harry A. Hampton, the railroad division engineer from 1922 to 1943.[4]
Transportation
References
- ^ "Hampton". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1136353. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 47, 80. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1993) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious (3rd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Pars Publishing Company. p. 171. ISBN 0-87004-222-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=V8gJTJe6ePIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ralph+Friedman&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Hampton&f=false.
- ^ a b c d e McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 441. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ a b Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p. 470. OCLC 4874569. http://www.archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich.
- ^ "Eastern Point Schedule". TAC Transportation. http://www.highdesert-point.com/assets/Schedule-Docs/eastern-pointSchedule11.pdf. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
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