Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Thomson came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Thomson in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Thomson. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Thomson data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Thomson:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Thomson is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Thomson in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Thomson for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Thomson. See our Misc Page for Thomson for more information.