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We found 37 communities that share the name Thomas.
Within South Dakota, the name Thomas is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 36 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Thomas is located in Jefferson County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Thomas.
Arkansas
Prairie County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Thomas [Prairie County].
Georgia
Burke County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Thomas [Burke County].
Idaho
Bingham County
This Thomas is located in Bingham County and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the west of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bingham County community of Thomas.
Illinois
Bureau County
This Thomas is located in Bureau County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Thomas.
Vermilion County
This Thomas is located in Vermilion County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Thomas.
Indiana
Davies's County
This Thomas is located in Davies's County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Thomas.
Warren County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Thomas [Warren County].
Kansas
Barton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Thomas [Barton County].
Ellsworth 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 Kansas community of Thomas [Ellsworth County].
Marshall 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 Kansas community of Thomas [Marshall County].
Kentucky
Boyd County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Thomas [Boyd County].
Estill County
This Thomas is located in Estill County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Thomas.
Floyd County
This Thomas is located in Floyd County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km] to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Thomas.
Pike 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 Kentucky community of Thomas [Pike County].
Louisiana
Bienville Parish
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Thomas [Bienville Parish].
Rapides Parish
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Thomas [Rapides Parish].
Washington Parish
This Thomas is located in Washington Parish and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington Parish community of Thomas.
Maryland
Dorchester County
This Thomas is located in Dorchester County and lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Thomas.
Michigan
Oakland County
This Thomas is located in Oakland County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the east of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Thomas.
Tuscola County
This Thomas is located in Tuscola County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the east of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Thomas.
Van Buren County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Thomas [Van Buren County].
Missouri
Harrison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Thomas [Harrison County].
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
This Thomas is located in Cheshire County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<1> to the east of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Thomas.
New Mexico
Union County
This Thomas is located in Union County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Thomas.
Oklahoma
Custer County
This Thomas is located in Custer County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the south of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Thomas.
Pennsylvania
Washington County
This Thomas is located in Washington County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Thomas.
Quebec
This Thomas lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
Tennessee
Putnam County
This Thomas is located in Putnam County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Thomas.
Texas
Panola County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Thomas [Panola County].
Rockwall 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 Texas community of Thomas [Rockwall County].
Upshur County
This Thomas is located in Upshur County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the south of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Thomas.
Utah
Davis County
This Thomas is located in Davis County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Thomas.
Virginia
Buchanan County
This Thomas is located in Buchanan County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Thomas.
Washington
King County
This Thomas is located in King County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Thomas.
Walla Walla County
This Thomas is located in Walla Walla County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the west northwest of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Thomas.
West Virginia
Tucker County
This Thomas is located in Tucker County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Thomas that is located in Hamlin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Thomas.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thomas ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Thomas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thomas and extending to:
Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Thomas to Pierre, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,040 miles [8,111.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thomas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thomas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7617, Longitude: -97.2085
<2>
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 Thomas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Thomas 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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Thomas to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.117 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.353 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.867 degrees.