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 Lyon County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Thompson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Thompson is 4,320 feet [1,317 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Thompson is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Thompson was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Thompson was located: 775 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, New York, North Carolina, 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.
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 in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Thompson. Footnotes ...
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