Thompson is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Jefferson County, Nebraska Jefferson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,240. Its county seat is Fairbury. The county was named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. ...

, United States.

History

A post office was established at Thompson in the 1890s. The community was named for I. N. Thompson, the original owner of the town site.

References

Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{JeffersonCountyNE-geo-stub