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Welcome to Thompsonville ...

Thompsonville is located in Racine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thompsonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Thompsonville is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Thompsonville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Thompsonville: 262

Communities Also Named Thompsonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Thompsonville - they are located in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas (2) and Utah.

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

Communities near Thompsonville ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
  • Kenosha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
  • Racine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Racine is located in Racine County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
  • West Allis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • Wauwatosa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • New Berlin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
  • Greenfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Oak Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
  • Franklin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thompsonville ...

Looking for more information about Thompsonville? 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 Thompsonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Thompsonville.

Adding Thompsonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thompsonville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Thompsonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Thompsonville post office opened in 1850. The Thompsonville post office closed in 1853.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thompsonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Racine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thompsonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/