Welcome to Sampson ...

Sampson is located in Oconto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sampson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Sampson is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sampson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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.

• Green Bay
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• Howard
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Howard is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Suamico
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suamico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
  • Suamico is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
• Hobart
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Hobart is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
• Oconto
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
  • Oconto is located in Oconto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
• Pulaski
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
  • Pulaski is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
• Seymour
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
  • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
• Oconto Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
  • Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
• Bonduel
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
  • Bonduel is located in Shawano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
• Gillett
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gillett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
  • Gillett is located in Oconto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people

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 both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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.<4>

From that list, the Sampson post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sampson.