Thompsonville, Delaware

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Thompsonville is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Thompsonville is located at the intersection of Milford Neck Road and Bennetts Pier Road, northeast of Milford.{{Delaware road map|year=2008}}

History

The Thompsonville Methodist Church was established in 1790.{{cite news|title=Thompsonville Methodists Mark Church's 151st Year|agency=The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware)|date= October 28, 1941}} A post office was established in Thompsonville in July, 1891 {{cite news|title=Peninsula Points|agency=The Morning News(Wilmington, Delaware)|date= July 20, 1891}} and operated in the Thompson Store until the last mail day of March, 1902, when rural free delivery was started for the area.{{cite news|title=Thompson, 87, Retiring, Closing His Country Store|agency=The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware)|date= July 5, 1962}} The South Bowers Volunteer Fire Company established a fire station in Thompsonville in 1970, and eventually closed the fire station in South Bowers and moved all operations to the station in Thompsonville.{{cite web | url=https://www.southbowers57.com/page/history | title=History - South Bowers Volunteer Fire Company }}

References

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{{Kent County, Delaware}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Kent County, Delaware

Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware

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