Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wade Hampton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 20,458 at the 2000 census. It is named for American Civil War general and South Carolina governor Wade Hampton.Wade Hampton is part of the Greenville Mauldin Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.8 km²), of which, 8.8 square miles (22.7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.57%) is water.