Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hampton Township is a Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 4,943.Crandon Lakes (2000 Census population of 1,150) is a census-designated place and unincorporated area split between Hampton Township and Stillwater Township.Formed from portions of Newton Township on March 10, 1864, Hampton Township is named for Jonathan Hampton, who donated land to the Episcopal Church of Newton, New Jersey. State legislator Robert Hamilton, an Episcopalian, appreciated Hampton''s act, and gave the township its name.