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Introduction ...
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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sampson is historic, it would have been located within present day Darke County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
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:
- Darke County (The home county of Sampson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Arcanum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Abbottsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Fort Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Savona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Wayne Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Pitsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Castine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- New Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auglaize County
- Minster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Champaign County
- Christiansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- New Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Park Layne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Burkettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Saint Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Laura
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potsdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Bradford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Ludlow Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kessler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Polo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Airhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Clayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Northview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Trotwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- West Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Russia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Filburns Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Sidney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Boundary City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Bluff Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Arba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Haysville Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <2>
- Rural
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Bloomingport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Yankee Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
- Whitewater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Economy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Abington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
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.
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Lakes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Castine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ithaca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foutz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ithaca Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.
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.
- Delisle
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Jaysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Arcanum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Savona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Fort Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Castine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- New Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Baker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- West Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Painter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
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 56 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sampson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |