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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Thompson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Thompson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thompson, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Thompson (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Thompson. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Thompson is historic, it would have been located within present day Wake County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wake County: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston & Nash.
Below are the counties that are near Thompson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thompson:
- Wake County (The home county of Thompson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Method
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Fairmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairmont is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Meredith Townes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Glenwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Raleigh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodbury Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Hertford Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hertford Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford Village
- Dutchess Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Hazelwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Pickwick Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Brentwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Garner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Cary
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fearrington Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Corinth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Haywood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Brickhaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Moncure
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bynum
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Brassfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Parkwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Durham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gorman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- The American Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Bahama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Wake Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Katesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Butner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Creedmoor
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Energy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Hester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Stem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Tar River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Rawls
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Duncan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Angier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Cokesbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Barclaysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Kipling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Cape Fear
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buies Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lillington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Luart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Luart is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luart
- Mamers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mamers is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamers
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Clayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Archer Lodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Wilson's Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- West Smithfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Four Oaks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stancils Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Benson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Selma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Osgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Broadway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- Colon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Murraytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Rogers Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Union Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Middlesex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rocky Cross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Samaria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Chapel Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Davie Circle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Davie Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
- Summerfield Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Crossing
- Tenney Circle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tenney Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney Circle
- Ashley Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
- Carolwoods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carolwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolwoods
- Cedar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lake Ellen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
- Mount Bolus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bolus is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bolus
- Oak Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Dogwood Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Carrboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thompson, see our County-by-County Page for Thompson.
Cemeteries Near Thompson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thompson.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Thompson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thompson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hill Crest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montlawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (192 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raleigh Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Thompson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thompson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thompson, with the one closest to Thompson listed first.
- Method
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Asbury
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Asbury is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Raleigh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cary
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Six Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Six Forks is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
- Garner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Apex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Banks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Banks is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Milburnie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milburnie is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnie
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Neuse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thompson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thompson.
Newspapers Published in Thompson ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 280 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thompson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thompson, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thompson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Thompson:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Harnett County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Nash County
- Orange County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Thompson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thompson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |