Thompson Pennsylvania Map

About Thompson, Pennsylvania

Thompson is a locality in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Thompson is located at 40.8112°N, 80.3159°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18465.

Thompson lies in a place where the land begins to speak in the language of hills and hollows, a gentle rise and fall that suggests the slow, deliberate work of water and time. It lies 21.7 miles north-west of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 314°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-north-east of Brighton. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle dampness, a promise of the rich soil that cradles the scattered homes and farms. Fields, some neatly squared off for cultivation, others a wilder green, climb the slopes, their edges softened by the encroaching woods that wear the muted greens and browns of the season. The sky overhead, often a pale, luminous blue, seems to stretch further here, allowing the eye to follow the sweep of the terrain, a landscape that feels both familiar and profoundly quiet. The story of Thompson is deeply entwined with the legacy of industry that once pulsed through these valleys, a past that still whispers in the quietude. Coal mining, though largely gone now, left its mark, shaping the very contours of the land and the hardy character of its people. The local economy has shifted, finding new footing in agriculture and the quiet hum of small businesses that serve the surrounding countryside. You can still see the old railroad beds, faint scars on the landscape, hinting at a time when freight cars rumbled through, carrying the bounty of this region to distant markets. This is a place where the past is not so much buried as it is woven into the present, a quiet persistence that lends Thompson its enduring grace.

About This Thompson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Thompson, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.811175, -80.315896. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Thompson and Beaver County.

Detailed location data for Thompson includes the ZIP code (15010), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Beaver County (Beaver), and school district assignment (Susquehanna Community School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Thompson is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.