Nearest Communities to Sampo,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sampo, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sampo:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Sampo.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Sampo is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Carbon County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Jackson (CO), Moffat (CO), Routt (CO), Albany, Converse, Fremont, Natrona & Sweetwater.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sampo. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Carbon County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Sampo (which is Carbon County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Sampo
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Carbon County (where Sampo resides)
- County Website: https://www.carboncountywy.gov/
- County Seat for Carbon: Rawlins
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sampo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sampo.
- Elmo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmo is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Hanna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Como
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Como is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Carbon ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Dana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Paradise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Oil Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oil Springs is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
- Medicine Bow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elk Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Old Brooks Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Brooks Place is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brooks Place
- Coyote Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coyote Springs is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Springs
- Edson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edson is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Shirley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Milo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Milo is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Widdowfield ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Widdowfield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widdowfield
- Meads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meads is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads
- Walcott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ivans Grove ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ivans Grove is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivans Grove
- Fort Steele ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Steele is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Steele
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- McFadden ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McFadden is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFadden
- Overland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Overland is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
- Seminoe Dam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seminoe Dam is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminoe Dam
- Leo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leo is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Albany County
- County Website: https://www.albanycountywy.gov/
- County Seat for Albany: Laramie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sampo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sampo.
- Wilcox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wilcox is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Rock River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sampo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Sampo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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