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==Origin== Thompsonville was established when construction of the lines of two railroads, the [[Chicago & West Michigan Railway|Chicago & West Michigan]] and the Frankfort & South Eastern, crossed here in 1889. The village, originally called Lyndonville, was platted on July 23, 1890, and was named for Sumner S. Thompson,(4/12/1823-10/24/1889), who was the President of the Frankfort and South Eastern Railroad at the time of his death. Of the two railroads serving the village, the Chicago & West Michigan was merged into the [[Pere Marquette Railway]] in 1900 and the [[Chesapeake & Ohio Railway]] in 1947, while the Frankfort & South Eastern was acquired in 1892 by the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan, which in turn was reorganized in 1895 as the [[Ann Arbor Railroad (1895β1976)|Ann Arbor Railroad]].<ref>''The Salt City of the Inland Seas'', p,. 62. Manistee: ''Manistee Daily News'', 1899.</ref><ref>Dunbar, Willis F., ''All Aboard! A History of Railroads in Michigan'', pp. 149β150, 167. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1969.</ref><ref>Lawrence and Lucille Wakefielkd, ''Sail & Rail. A Narrative History of Transportation in the Traverse City Region'', pp. 125, 161. Traverse City: Village Press, 1980.</ref>
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