WayfarrowThompson Corner
Ghost town · South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut
Thompson Corner is a ghost town in South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut. It is one of 9 former communities in South Central Connecticut County on the federal names register. No county in Connecticut has more among the 9 Connecticut counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Thompson Corner as a historical populated place on the Branford topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.2768° N, 72.8732° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Branford |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 24 ft |
| Nearest living town | East Haven, CT |
| Distance to it | 1.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1932968 |
| Coordinates | 41.27676, -72.87316 |
What's there now
Thompson Corner is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Haven, CT (population 27,729), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 24 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Five Mile Point Lightlighthouse · South Central Connecticut County · 2.5 mi
- Five Mile Point Lightlighthouse · South Central Connecticut County · 2.5 mi
- Hemingway Townghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 2.6 mi
- Brewstervilleghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 2.8 mi
- Liberiaghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 2.8 mi
- New Guineaghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 2.9 mi
- Slineyvilleghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 2.9 mi
- Southwest Ledge Lightlighthouse · South Central Connecticut County · 4.1 mi
- Armoryvilleghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 4.6 mi
- Highwoodghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 5.3 mi
- Falkner Island Lightlighthouse · South Central Connecticut County · 12.3 mi
- Flandersghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 14.1 mi
Questions
Where is Thompson Corner?
Thompson Corner is in South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut, at 41.2768, -72.8732.
How many ghost towns are in South Central Connecticut County?
South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.