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 Okanogan County<2>.

The location of Thompson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thompson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Thompson is 1,350 feet [411 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Thompson was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Thompson still existed, it would have been in the (509) area code.

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 Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina, Texas (3), Virginia, 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.

• Okanogan
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okanogan
  • Okanogan is located in Okanogan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,607 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okanogan <5>
• Bridgeport
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Bridgeport is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <5>
• Brewster
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
  • Brewster is located in Okanogan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <5>
• Pateros
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pateros
  • Pateros is located in Okanogan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pateros <5>
• Malott
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malott
  • Malott is located in Okanogan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malott <5>
• Methow
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methow
  • Methow is located in Okanogan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Methow <5>
• Carlton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
  • Carlton is located in Okanogan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlton <5>
• Omak
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omak
  • Omak is located in Okanogan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,827 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omak <5>
• Beebe
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
  • Beebe is located in Douglas County
• Chelan
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelan
  • Chelan is located in Chelan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,245 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chelan <5>

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 for Thompson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Thompson post office opened in 1890.

We also found Thompson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thompson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Okanogan County: www.okanogancounty.org/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/