Sampson is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Oconto County,

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, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Oconto County Highways C and D, in the town of Morgan. It is located at

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44.765 and longitude -88.186 and elevation 787 feet (mean sea level). In the unincorporated limits there is The Hilltop Tavern, a county highway shop and Sampson Valley Vineyard. The town did have a post office from 1898 to 1909, when it was discontinued. https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Oconto&searchtext=&pagenum=2 the land that comprises Sampson is the terminal moraine of the last glaciation. Over 200 feet of rich glacial till is present attracting over 1/2 dozen gravel operations supplying many concrete and road building companies.

Images

File:SampsonOcontoCountyWisconsinDowntown.jpg, Looking south at downtown Sampson File:SampsonOcontoCountyWisconsinSign.jpg, Looking south at the sign for Sampson File:SampsonOcontoCountyWisconsinDowntown2020.jpg, Looking north at downtown Sampson File:SampsonOcontoCountyWisconsinStoreGeneralMerchandise.jpg, Former General Merchanise store

References

Unincorporated communities in Oconto County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{OcontoCountyWI-geo-stub