Editing St. Thomas, North Dakota (section)

==History==
St. Thomas was laid out in 1881.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pembinacountynd.gov/cities/ |title=Cities |publisher=County of Pembina, North Dakota |accessdate=October 26, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218160545/http://pembinacountynd.gov/cities/ |archivedate=February 18, 2015 }}</ref> The city was named after [[St. Thomas, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota|title=The WPA Guide To 1930s North Dakota|date=1977|publisher=State Historical Society of North Dakota|isbn=1891419145|page=188|edition=2nd}}</ref>

A U.S. post office has been in operation at St. Thomas since 1881 and is open weekdays.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ND&county=Pembina | title=Pembina County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

The St. Thomas Public School was established in 1882. St. Thomas Elementary School and St. Thomas High School offered classes for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade through the 2020-21 school year.  The three-person class of 2021 was the last class to graduate from St. Thomas Public School.  Pre-K-12th grade students from St. Thomas now attend school in Grafton, ND (in the newly consolidated [https://www.gospoilers.org/ Grafton School District #18]).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thingelstad|first=Pete|title=STHS, Final Curtain Call, Senior Graduates 1899-2021|publisher=self published|year=2021|location=St. Thomas, ND|pages=4}}</ref>