| Thompson, Alabama | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Thompson, Alabama  Thompson, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′07″N85°49′05″W / 32.18528°N 85.81806°W Coordinates: 32°11′07″N85°49′05″W / 32.18528°N 85.81806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Bullock |
| Elevation | 282 ft (86 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 334 |
| GNIS feature ID | 127884 [1] |
Thompson, also known as Thompson Station, is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. Thompson was incorporated on September 8, 1883, and its charter was repealed in July 1919. [2] A post office was operated in Thompson from 1878 to 1954. [3]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Bullock County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,914. Union Springs was chosen as the county seat in 1867. The county was named in honor of Colonel Edward C. Bullock who was a state senator and outspoken secessionist who died serving in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.
