Thompson, Missouri

Thompson is an unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri. It is located six miles west of Mexico on Route 22. It was named for a family of early settlers.[1] At one time there were two gas stations located in Thompson: Gifford's Shell station and Holshieser's. There is a gas station "Dawsons Country Store" which is located in the building originally known as Holshieser's, a Post Office (65285), Hopewell Baptist Church and an independent cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 205.

Coordinates: 39°11′19″N 91°58′59″W / 39.18861°N 91.98306°W / 39.18861; -91.98306


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