Official Name: | Sampson, Wisconsin |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Oconto |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 787 |
Coordinates: | 44.765°N -88.1861°W |
Area Code: | 920 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1573644 |
Sampson is an unincorporated community in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The community is located at the intersection of Oconto County Highways C and D, in the town of Morgan. It is located at latitude 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. [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.