Thompson, Missouri

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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States}}

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Thompson is an unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.{{GNIS|729673}} It is located six miles west of Mexico on Route 22. The ZIP Code for Thompson is 65285.{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/65285|title=Thompson ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2022|access-date=November 11, 2022}}

A post office called Thompson's Station was established in 1860, and the name was changed to Thompson in 1883.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 August 2016}} William Tompson, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_audrain.html| title=Audrain County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=30 August 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070915/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_audrain.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}