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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Thompson's. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Thompson's.

We found mention of Thompson's as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wayne County, New York.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Thompson's ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Thompson's.

Within New York, the name Thompson's is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Chaffee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Thompson's [Chaffee County].
  - Las Animas County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Thompson's [Las Animas County].
- Illinois
  - Cook County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Thompson's [Cook County].
- Ohio
  - Medina County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Thompson's [Medina County].
- South Carolina
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Thompson's [Chesterfield County].
- Tennessee
  - Polk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Thompson's [Polk County].
  - Williamson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Thompson's [Williamson County].
- Texas
  - Fort Bend County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Thompson's [Fort Bend County].
  - Harris County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Thompson's [Harris County].
- Utah
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Thompson's [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
  - Halifax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Thompson's [Halifax County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Thompson's ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Thompson's:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Thompson's - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Wayne County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Wayne County.

Arcadia	Le Roy Island

Butler	Rose Station

Calciana	Seneca River
	South Clyde
East Bay	South Palmyra

Fairville Station	Williamson Center
	Williamson Station
Lake Side Station

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Thompson's could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.