Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
SAMPSON COUNTY, situated in the southerly part of North Carolina. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Clinton. Pop. in 1810, 6,620; in 1820, 8,903; in 1830, 11,634; in 1840, 12,157; in 1850, 14,585. (Fanning's, 1853)