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Thompson Missouri Map

Explore Thompson, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Thompson, Missouri

How to Use This Thompson, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Thompson, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Thompson.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Thompson
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Audrain County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.188652
Longitude	-91.982952
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	65285
Area Code	573
County Seat	Mexico

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About Thompson, Missouri

Thompson is a locality in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Thompson is located at 39.1887°N, 91.9830°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65285.

Thompson anchors itself upon the wide, quiet expanses of the Missouri plains, where the horizon stretches thin and pale against a sky that seems to claim more than its share of the day. It lies 5.5 miles west-northwest of Mexico, MO (from Mexico, MO: bearing 284°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Centralia. The land here is defined by a rhythmic flatness, broken only by the modest, purposeful curves of Big Branch, which meanders through the soil a mile away, carrying the subtle silt of the interior. Mrs Sam Locke Lake provides a mirror for the shifting clouds, its edges fringed with tall, unkempt grasses that bow to the wind. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Devils Backbone suggests a rugged world far removed from these fertile, muted fields. When the sun hangs low, the light turns a bruised gold, catching the dust of the road and making the very air feel heavy with the scent of dry stalks and coming rain.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Thompson, a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons and the yield of the earth. The labor of the fields is etched into the posture of the machinery that waits in rusted silence by the fences, a quiet testament to the generations who have worked this ground. Nearby, the Northcutt (C. L.) Memorial Conservation Area preserves a fragment of the wilder landscape, offering a sanctuary of oak and scrub that reminds residents of the terrain as it existed before the plow. Life here unfolds with an internal logic, governed not by the frantic urgency of distant centers, but by the steady, plain-spoken habits of a people who have learned to measure time by the harvest. It is a place of enduring patience, where the silence is not an absence of sound, but a presence that demands to be heard.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Northcutt (C. L.) Memorial Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 317° NW
Plunket Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 093° E
Emmons Hall (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 099° E
Audrain County School (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 106° E
Graceland - Audrain County Historical Society, American Saddle Horse Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 106° E
Time Capsule (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 100° E
Simmons Stables (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 109° E
John Bingle Morris Memorial (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 102° E
Little Sisters of Liberty (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 102° E
Green Estates Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 114° SE
Presser Arts Center (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 107° E
Welcome to Mexico MO (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 119° SE
Lowe (William) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 117° SE
Mark Twain Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.5 mi, 010° N
Finger Lakes State Park (State Park) — 18.5 mi, 250° W
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 18.8 mi, 194° S · 1.5M acres
Mark Twain State Park (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 026° NE
Buzzard's Roost (Viewpoint) — 22.0 mi, 027° NE
Leap In To (Public Artwork) — 22.5 mi, 231° SW
Westminster Women's History Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 176° S
Veterans Memorial & Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 176° S
Historic Costume Gallery (Gallery) — 24.4 mi, 228° SW
Resident Arts (Arts Centre) — 24.6 mi, 229° SW
Sager Reeves Gallery (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 229° SW
Ragtag Cinema (Cinema) — 24.6 mi, 228° SW
Courthouse Columns (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 mi, 229° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 233° SW · 32k acres
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.0 mi, 071° E · 10k acres

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