Massachusetts Gazetteer
Thompson Island is a physical feature (island) in Suffolk County. The primary coordinates for Thompson Island places it within the MA 02127 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Thompson Island |
| Category: | Massachusetts physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | forms E boundary of Dorchester Bay 4 mi N of Quincy Center; City of Boston. |
| History: | Named for David Thomson (or Tompson), early settler, to whose son, John Thomson (Tompson), the island was granted in 1634 (MGB 1932). |
| County: | Suffolk County |
| Latitude: | 42.3153762 |
| Longitude: | -71.0083825 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Thompson Island: Thompson Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Thompson Island does not include property ownership information.
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Boston, MA
(3.9 miles NW) Quincy, MA (4.3 miles S) Winthrop Town city, MA (4.9 miles NNE) Hull, MA (5.3 miles E) Chelsea, MA (5.5 miles NNW) |
Milton, MA
(5.5 miles SSW) Brookline, MA (5.8 miles W) Revere, MA (6.4 miles N) Cambridge, MA (6.4 miles NW) Everett, MA (6.8 miles NNW) |
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Fort Independence, MA
(1.4 miles N) Squantum, MA (1.4 miles S) City Point, MA (1.9 miles NW) New Squantum, MA (1.9 miles SSW) Savin Hill, MA (2.4 miles W) |
South Boston, MA
(2.4 miles WNW) Dorchester Heights, MA (2.4 miles NW) Atlantic, MA (2.7 miles SSW) Fields Corner, MA (2.7 miles WSW) Meeting House Hill, MA (2.7 miles WSW) |
