Sampsel TownshipMO
A town of 260.
Is Sampsel Township a good place to live?
Sampsel Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, where Missouri’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 248 Missouri towns, just 9 have a lower January low than Sampsel Township. Sampsel Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
260 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Sampsel Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sampsel Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sampsel Township.
Most of Sampsel Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Sampsel Township for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (37%), Kansas City (9%) and Carrollton (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Sampsel Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sampsel Township has four seasons and hot summers
Sampsel Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 18° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sampsel Township is
Sampsel Township beats the Missouri average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 33% of Sampsel Township adults get no exercise outside work, above both Missouri’s towns (30%) and U.S. towns (25%). 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Sampsel Township.
| Sampsel Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| What stands out | Sampsel Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
| More smokers | 18.9% | 16% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.2% | 3.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Sampsel Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sampsel Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Sampsel Township; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Sampsel Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
100% of working residents leave Sampsel Township for work
Where Sampsel Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sampsel Township
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Sampsel (also spelled Sampsell) is a ghost town in Livingston County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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Questions about Sampsel Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sampsel Township, MO a good place to live?
Sampsel Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.