10 Facts About Hampton Virginia

Since consolidation in 1952, Hampton Virginia has included the former Elizabeth City County and the incorporated town of Phoebus, consolidated by a mutual agreement.

Hampton Virginia has been a center of military aviation training, research and development for nearly a hundred years, from early prop planes and Zeppelins to rocket parts and advanced fighters.

Together, many Air Force and Navy families in the Hampton Virginia area experienced significant losses in war and peacetime due to family members in combat and peacetime military accidents.

In many cases Hampton Virginia-stationed military families of "Missing in Action" or "Prisoner of War" pilots and sailors spent many years in the area waiting to find out what had happened to their missing or captured airmen and sailors.

Hampton Virginia has a humid subtropical climate characteristic of the Southeast United States.

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The weather in Hampton Virginia is temperate and seasonal with hot and humid summers and mild winters.

Hampton Virginia is home to several arts venues and museums dedicated to Hampton Virginia's rich history.

Hampton Virginia is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the Hampton Virginia Roads area.

Hampton Virginia is served by several major primary and secondary highways.

Hampton Virginia is served by several Amtrak trains a day, with direct service from Newport News station in nearby Newport News through Williamsburg and Richmond to points along the Northeast Corridor from Washington DC through Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City all the way to Boston.