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==History== North Hampton was [[plat]]ted in 1829.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofclarkco02stee | title=The History of Clark County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. | publisher=W. H. Beers and Company | year=1881 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofclarkco02stee/page/699 699]}}</ref> A post office called North Hampton has been in operation since 1839.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Clark | title=Clark County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=January 12, 2016}}</ref> In 1969, North Hampton earned a place in rock and roll lore when confusion of the town's name with that of [[Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio|Northampton Township, Ohio]] caused the rock group [[Vanilla Fudge]] to arrive at North Hampton for a rock concert instead of the [[Blossom Music Center|Blossom Amphitheater]]. After learning that they were nearly 200 miles from the concert venue (near [[Cleveland]]), the band then charted a plane to fly them to the gig and arrived four hours late.<ref>[http://wviz.ideastream.org/news/fifty-years-of-blossom-pop-music-memories "Fifty Years of Blossom Pop Music Memories"], by David C. Barnett and Mary Fecteau, ideastream.com, June 27, 2018</ref> Vocalist [[Mark Stein (musician)|Mark Stein]] told a reporter later, "You understand, man, that the promoter kept telling our agent about Blossom Center in Northampton Township. Only we were up in Montreal, and looking at a map to find the place and sure enough β there's this town, North Hampton, near Dayton somewhere. We figured, that's a weird place for a concert, but if that's where peoples' heads are at in Ohio, fine β that's where we'll wail."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24013997/the_akron_beacon_journal/ "Directions, Please, For Vanilla Fudge"], ''Akron (O.) Beacon-Journal'', July 9, 1969, p1</ref> North Hampton is a well-known [[speed trap]] throughout Ohio.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lough |first1=Valerie |title=North Hampton - Anatomy of a Speed Trap |url=https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/north-hampton-anatomy-speed-trap/VEvrUAu1x2ZAKPkFw4MdKP/ |access-date=May 30, 2023 |publisher=Springfield News-Sun |date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> The village was one of the municipalities with the highest speeding citation numbers in the state in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Otte |first1=Jim |title=Speed traps: What to do if you get a ticket |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/speed-traps-what-you-get-ticket/2cR41yseaYTFeUv3lmheCM/ |access-date=May 30, 2023 |publisher=Dayton Daily News |date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> In 2022, the village's [[Ohio Mayor's Courts|mayor's court]] processed 1,065 new cases, making it the third busiest mayor's court per capita in the state.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor's Courts Registration and Reporting Β» Supreme Court of Ohio |url=https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/services-to-courts/mayors-courts-registration-reporting/ |website=www.supremecourt.ohio.gov |publisher=[[Supreme Court of Ohio]] |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>
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