THE HAMPSTEAD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain setting.
Hampstead town has 13.4 square miles of land in Rockingham County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hampstead and Rockingham County
Hampstead is associated with Rockingham County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hampstead by land and water
The Census records 0.64 square miles of water within Hampstead, or 4.5% of its total area. It is 8 percentage points lower than the 12.5% recorded for Rockingham County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hampstead town has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Atkinson town (11.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

