# Thompson, Nebraska

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**Thompson** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) in [Jefferson County, Nebraska](/source/Jefferson_County,_Nebraska), United States.[1]

## History

A post office was established at Thompson in the 1890s.[2] The community was named after I. N. Thompson, the original owner of the town site.[3]

## References

1. ["Jefferson County"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Jefferson&searchtext=&pagenum=2). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. Dawson, Charles (1912). [*Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County ...*](https://books.google.com/books?id=baPpeKK3Z5UC&pg=PA257). Crane. p. 257.

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