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Thompsonville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Thompsonville is located in Delaware
Thompsonville
Thompsonville
Thompsonville is located in the United States
Thompsonville
Thompsonville
Coordinates: 38°59′58″N 75°23′23″W / 38.99944°N 75.38972°W / 38.99944; -75.38972
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyKent
Elevation
10 ft (3 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216234[1]

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.[2]

History[edit]

The Thompsonville Methodist Church was established in 1790.[3] A post office was established in Thompsonville in July, 1891 [4] and operated in the Thompson Store until the last mail day of March, 1902, when rural free delivery was started for the area.[5] 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.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Thompsonville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  3. ^ "Thompsonville Methodists Mark Church's 151st Year". The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). October 28, 1941.
  4. ^ "Peninsula Points". The Morning News(Wilmington, Delaware). July 20, 1891.
  5. ^ "Thompson, 87, Retiring, Closing His Country Store". The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). July 5, 1962.
  6. ^ https://www.southbowers57.com/page/history


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompsonville,_Delaware