RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Wake County >> ThompsonIndex...

Welcome to Thompson ...

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.


Thompson would have been located within present day Wake County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thompson, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Thompson is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Thompson was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Thompson was located: 919 & 984<4>

Communities Also Named Thompson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Thompson - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia (2), California (2), Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan (3), Mississippi (3), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina, Texas (3), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thompson.

Communities near Thompson ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Thompson.

  • Raleigh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Durham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cary
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cary is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <5>
  • Apex
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Apex is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <5>
  • Wake Forest
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Garner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fuquay - Varina
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Morrisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clayton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Thompson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thompson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Thompson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thompson.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Thompson. See our Newspapers Page for Thompson.

Adding Thompson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thompson in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Thompson was on a map titled Map of North Carolina (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thompson.

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>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thompson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Thompson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Thompson area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.