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