Hampton River
Coordinates: 37°2′0″N 76°20′15″W / 37.03333°N 76.33750°W The Hampton River is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km) tidal estuary which empties into Hampton Roads near its mouth. Hampton Roads in turn empties into the southern end of Chesapeake Bay, in southeast Virginia, United States. The Hampton River is located entirely within the city of Hampton.
Much like several other minor rivers of the area, the Hampton River has also been referred to as Hampton Creek.
The Hampton River was named for Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, an important leader of the Virginia Company of London, for whom the town and later city of Hampton, Virginia, Hampton Roads, Southampton County, and Northampton County were also named. The Hampton Institute, now University, was established on the Hampton River.
During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the Hampton River was well-traveled by sloops, bringing goods to and from the Colony of Virginia.
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