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Welcome to Sams Creek ...Sams Creek is primarily located in Frederick County<1>. A portion of Sams Creek extends into Carroll County. The location of Sams Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sams Creek, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. A typical abbreviation for Sams Creek: Sams Crk. (or less commonly used: Sams Ck. or Sams Cr.) See our Genealogy Helper Page for Sams Creek for more information about variations on the name of Sams Creek. Sams Creek is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Sams Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Sams Creek: (301) and (240)<4> Websites for Sams Creek ...Chamber of Commerce: www.frederickchamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sams Creek, the following might be of interest: Communities near Sams Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sams Creek.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sams Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sams Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sams Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sams Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sams Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Sams Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sams Creek ...Looking for more information about Sams Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sams Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sams Creek. Adding Sams Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sams Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sams Creek was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sams Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sams Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Frederick County: www.co.frederick.md.us/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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