Who is JW Hampton?

JW Hampton, founded in 1865, is a CTPAT Certified and Validated Customs Broker, International Freight Forwarder and Logistics Coordinator. Our staff includes 3 licensed brokers, 2 Certified Customs Specialists and 1 Certified Export Specialist available to help you with your import and export questions.

Why choose us?

The three most important things when choosing a logistics partner: service, service and yes, service.

Established in 1865, our longevity is a testimony to our service. Being a fourth-generation family-run business for over a century-and-a-half is much more than good luck. We keep the person in personal. Call us and you’ll get a living, breathing human on the phone.

From typewriters to laptops, telex to texting, file cabinets to the cloud, JW Hampton has been and will continue to be your honest and reliable partner throughout our changing world.

We support our customers through recessions, depressions, and booms; wars, pandemics, and peaceful prosperity; good times, bad times and in-between times and we will be here with you for decades to come.

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The JW Hampton Legacy

160 years in and still shipping strong. We’ve seen tariffs, tech shifts, and everything in between.
What hasn’t changed is our promise:
Personal Service Still Counts.

160 Years & Counting…

Explore the timeline of JW Hampton in the context of world history.

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1789

President Washington creates the Customs Service

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1862

President Lincoln establishes the USDA

Vintage black car parked on the street in front of a restaurant with a sign that reads 'City Restaurant' and window curtains.

1909

Ford Model T invented

Black and white photo of the Titanic cruise ship passing through the Panama Canal, with ships in the canal and mountains in the background.

1914

Panama Canal opens linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Line of soldiers in trenches during WWI, wearing helmets and uniforms, with bombs and debris around.

1914-18

World War I

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1918

Influenza pandemic begins

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1929-1939

Great Depression

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1930

United States Tariff Act passed

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1935-1945

World War II

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1963

System of US postal zip codes begins

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Logo for J.W. Hampton Jr. & Co., Inc. with an anchor, globes, wings, and text emphasizing logistics solutions established in 1865, with the slogan 'Anchored in Integrity over 160 years.'

TODAY

JW Hampton becomes your trusted logistics partner

2015

JW Hampton celebrates 150th anniversary (and the Apple Pencil was released)

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2025

JW Hampton celebrates 160th anniversary

1863-65

John W. Hampton (US Army) & John W. Shoule (US Navy) serve in American Civil War

A black and white postage stamp depicting the signing of the Appomattox Court House surrender on April 9, 1865, featuring Union and Confederate officers shaking hands, with several officers observing in the background.

1865

JW Hampton Jr. & Co. established

Historical handwritten shipping document with detailed notes in red ink, describing merchandise, boxes, contents, and quantities, with a small graphic illustration at the top left corner.
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1869

Suez Canal opens connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea

1870

Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell and electric light bulb invented by Thomas Edison

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Early 1900s

First successful airplane flight followed by first cargo flight several years later

1906

President Theodore Roosevelt establishes the USFDA

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1907

United Parcel Service established in Seattle, WA

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1928

JW Hampton Jr. & Co. vs. United States becomes landmark Supreme Court case after JWH protests the assessment of additional duties by the collector of Customs

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The emblem of the United States Coast Guard featuring an eagle, a shield, and two crossed anchors.

1956

Shipping container invented; Construction of interstate highway system authorized

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1965

JW Hampton celebrates 100th anniversary (and Gatorade was developed for the athletes at the University of Florida by Dr. J. Robert Cade)

Original Gatorade Bottles | Credit: University of Florida (Gatorade's Birth Place)

1971

Federal Express (today FedEx) founded

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2008

Great Recession - government bailouts of financial and auto sectors begin

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