Do you know of Sampson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sampson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Sampson.
We found mention of Sampson as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marion County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1881 and closed in 1883.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Sampson ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Sampson.
Within Kansas, the name Sampson is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Idaho
- Idaho County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Sampson [Idaho County].
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sampson [Harlan County].
- Missouri
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sampson [Webster County].
- New Mexico
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Sampson [Union County].
- New York
- Seneca County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sampson [Seneca County].
- Ohio
- Darke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sampson [Darke County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Sampson [Greenville County].
- Tennessee
- Bledsoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sampson [Bledsoe County].
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Sampson [Augusta County].
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sampson [Grays Harbor County].
- Wisconsin
- Oconto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sampson [Oconto County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sampson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sampson:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
More Orphans in Marion County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |