Samuel Town, Sierra Leone

Samuel Town is a village in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone.

Farming is the major economic activity in the village.

Samuel Town lies about five miles from the Rural District main city of Waterloo and approximately 20 miles outside Freetown.

[citation needed] The Limba and Krio are the largest minorities that reside in the town.

Samuel Town was originally known as Samai Town,[1] named after its founder, a great Mende warrior from the south of Sierra Leone, named Pa Samai.