| Thompson Branch | rises in S Swain County and flows N into Sawmill Creek. |
| Thompson Creek | rises in N Transylvania County and flows S into South Fork Mills River. |
| Thompson Knob | N of Shuckpen Gap on the Buncombe-Haywood county line on Smathers View Mountain. Alt. 4,192. |
| Thompson River | rises in SW Transylvania County and flows SE into Oconee County, S.C., where it enters Whitewater River. |
| Thompson Store | community in NE Mecklenburg County. |
| Thompson Township | former township in SE Alamance County, now township no. 9. |
| Thompson Township | SW Robeson County. |
| Thompson's Branch | rises in N Greene County and flows E into Sandy Run. Named for a pioneer family. |
| Thompson's Bromine-Arsenic Springs | See Crumpler. |
| Thompsons Gap | E Alleghany County. |