Hampton Iowa Map

About Hampton, Iowa

Hampton is a locality in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,337. The population density is 378.4 people per km². Hampton is located at 42.7419°N, 93.2024°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hampton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50441.

Hampton rises from the flat, earnest expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Squaw Creek as it cuts through the dark, fertile soil. It lies 28.4 miles south of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 180°T), and is situated 15.4 miles north of Iowa Falls. The horizon stretches wide and unobstructed, where the quality of light at dusk pulls long, thin shadows across the tilled fields, painting the earth in shades of deep umber and gold. Just three miles away, the quiet waters of Beeds Lake offer a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, seasonal pulse of the surrounding farmland. Within the town limits, the Ball Field serves as a central point of gravity, a space where the grass holds the memory of countless summer evenings and the air retains a crisp, honest clarity.

Hampton exists as a quiet anchor for the agricultural economy, its streets laid out with a functional precision that reflects the hardworking heritage of its settlers. The local commerce remains tethered to the harvest, with grain elevators standing as sentinels over a landscape dominated by the systematic cultivation of corn and soybeans. A sense of unshowy, literate civility persists in the way the buildings are maintained and the neighbors greet one another, a legacy of the German and Scandinavian families who broke this ground generations ago. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, an existence grounded in the steady, predictable cycles of the earth and the enduring, modest character of the people who call Hampton home.

About This Hampton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hampton, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.741918, -93.202423. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hampton includes the ZIP code (50441), telephone area code (515), county seat of Franklin County (Hampton), and school district assignment (Hampton-Dumont Community School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.