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History · Thompson Township

38% of Thompson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1941 on.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Thompson Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Thompson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Thompson Township’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Thompson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Thompson Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Thompson Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 152 to 137 (-10%).

Timeline

Thompson Township, 1878 to 1941

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Twin Rivers post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Twin Rivers post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Thompson Township on the map, 1941 to 1974

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Thompson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Thompson Township on the 1941 USGS mapThompson Township on the 1974 USGS map1941Hallock sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Thompson Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Twin Rivers, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Nylander SchoolschoolTwo Rivers SchoolschoolWebster SchoolschoolWilson Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Thompson Township
BethlehemSaronTwo RiversUnion Liberty

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Hallock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHazelton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGranville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHallockIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.