Welcome to Sampson ...

So far, we found very little information about Sampson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sampson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sampson, please Contact Us.

Sampson would have been located within present day Darke County<2>.

The location of Sampson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sampson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sampson is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Sampson was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Sampson ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.darkecountyohio.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sampson, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Sampson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Sampson - they are located in Florida (2), Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sampson.

Communities near Sampson ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sampson.

• Richmond
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Richmond is located in Wayne County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,239 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <5>
• Englewood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Englewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
  • Englewood is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,502 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Englewood <5>
• Clayton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <5>
• Greenville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Greenville is located in Darke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,627 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <5>
• Eaton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
  • Eaton is located in Preble County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,124 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <5>
• Union
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• Brookville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
  • Brookville is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookville <5>
• West Milton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
  • West Milton is located in Miami County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,853 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Milton <5>
• Union City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Union City is located in Randolph County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,385 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <5>
• Covington
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Covington is located in Miami County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,718 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <5>

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 Sampson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sampson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sampson. 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 Sampson.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sampson. See our Newspapers Page for Sampson.

Adding Sampson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sampson in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sampson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sampson post office opened in 1850.

We also found Sampson in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sampson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Darke County: www.co.darke.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/