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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Sampson (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sampson. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Sampson is located in Seneca County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.

Below are the counties that are near Sampson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sampson:

  • Seneca County     (The home county of Sampson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Romulus
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Willard
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ovid
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Varick
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Lodi
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kuneytown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Border City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Canoga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Interlaken
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Interlaken is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
      • Former names for Interlaken:
      • Farmer Village
      • Farmer
      • Farmerville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
    • Waterloo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Kidders
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Seneca Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tyre
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Aurora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Willets
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Black Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Union Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ledyard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Poplar Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Scipioville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Sherwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Atwaters
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Cayuga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Oakwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • East Genoa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Mandana
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Mottville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Skaneateles
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Thorn Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Billsboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Hall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Geneva
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dobbins Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Gorham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Flint
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Seneca Castle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • West Junius
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Melvin Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Phelps
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopewell Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
    • Clifton Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottage City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Hector
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Searsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Logan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • North Reading
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Perry City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Reading Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Wayne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bennettsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Burdett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Mecklenburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Watkins Glen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
      • Former names for Watkins Glen:
      • Jefferson
      • Salubria
      • Watkins
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
    • Cayutaville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
    • Montour Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Keuka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Catawba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • South Pulteney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Urbana
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Prattsburgh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Bradford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hammondsport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mitchellsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
    • Pleasant Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Cold Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
    • Hermitage
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Sonora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sonora is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Lake Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Trumansburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Taughannock Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • Jacksonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Willow Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • North Lansing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • Myers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • West Groton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • East Lansing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Lansing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayuga Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
    • Groton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ithaca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <1>
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Lyons
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Clyde
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Newark
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mud Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
    • East Palmyra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Fairville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • South Butler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • Palmyra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wayne Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • Yellow Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • South Sodus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Marquart Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
    • Angus
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Dresden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Seneca Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Benton Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Penn Yan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Himrod
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Keuka Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Yatesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Dundee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Barrington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Potter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Glenora
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Glenora is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sampson, see our County-by-County Page for Sampson.

Cemeteries Near Sampson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sampson.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sampson - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sampson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Sampson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sampson.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.

  • Kendaia
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kendaia is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendaia
  • Willard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Romulus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Angus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Angus is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
  • Dresden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ovid
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • MacDougall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • MacDougall is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
  • Mays Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mays Mills is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
  • Billsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
  • Bellona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Seneca Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
  • East Varick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • East Varick is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Fayette
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Benton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Benton is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Milo Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Milo Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Mills

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sampson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sampson.

Newspapers Published in Sampson ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sampson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sampson, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sampson.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sampson:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sampson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sampson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.