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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)
    • Green Bay is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
  • Howard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
  • Suamico
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Suamico is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
  • Hobart
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hobart is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
  • Oconto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oconto is located in Oconto County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
  • Pulaski
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pulaski is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
  • Seymour
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
  • Oconto Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
  • Bonduel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bonduel is located in Shawano County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
  • Gillett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gillett is located in Oconto County
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    • 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 (so far) for Sampson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Sampson post office opened in 1898. The Sampson post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sampson.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oconto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sampson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/