Welcome to Sampo ...

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

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

Sampo would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sampo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sampo is 7,010 feet [2,137 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Sampo is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Sampo was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Sampo once stood is in the (307) area code.

Communities near Sampo ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Sampo.

• Hanna
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
  • Hanna is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanna <5>
• Medicine Bow
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Bow
  • Medicine Bow is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Bow <5>
• Elk Mountain
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mountain
  • Elk Mountain is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Mountain <5>
• Walcott
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
  • Walcott is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <5>
• Fort Steele ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Steele
  • Fort Steele is located in Carbon County
• Rock River
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
  • Rock River is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock River <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sampo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sampo.

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

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

Adding Sampo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sampo 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 Sampo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sampo post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sampo.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/