RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Washington >> Thurston County >> Thompson PlaceIndex...

Welcome to Thompson Place ...

Thompson Place is located in Thurston County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Thompson Place: Thompson Pl. (or less commonly used: Thompson Plc.)

Thompson Place is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Thompson Place lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Thompson Place: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Thompson Place ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Thompson Place - they are located in California, New Mexico and Ohio.

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

Communities near Thompson Place ...

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

  • Lakewood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Olympia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • University Place
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tumwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • DuPont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Yelm
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelm
    • Yelm is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yelm <4>
  • Fircrest
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Steilacoom
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rainier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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 Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thompson Place.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Thompson Place. 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 Place.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thompson Place ...

Looking for more information about Thompson Place? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Thompson Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Thompson Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Thurston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thompson Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Thompson Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Thompson Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.