Editing Thomson, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|Former City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|official_name            = Thomson
|settlement_type          = Former city
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|map_caption              = Location of the city of Thomson<br>within Carlton County, Minnesota
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Carlton County, Minnesota|Carlton]]

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|area_total_km2           = 5.78
|area_land_km2            = 4.84
|area_water_km2           = 0.93
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.23
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.87
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.36

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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_est           = 158
|pop_est_as_of            = 2012<ref name="2012 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2013-05-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=2013-06-11}}</ref>
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|population_total         = 159
|population_density_km2   = 32.8
|population_density_sq_mi = 85.0

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|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
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|elevation_m              = 321
|elevation_ft             = 1053
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|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-64750<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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|blank1_info              = 0653168<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
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}}
'''Thomson''' was a city in [[Carlton County, Minnesota|Carlton County]], [[Minnesota]], United States, located along the [[Saint Louis River (Lake Superior tributary)|Saint Louis River]]. The population was 159 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table|work=American FactFinder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census|accessdate=23 April 2011}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

On November 5, 2013, a vote to authorize the consolidation of Thomson and nearby [[Carlton, Minnesota|Carlton]] passed with a 95% approval.

Thomson is adjacent to [[Jay Cooke State Park]] and is located on the [[Willard Munger State Trail]].

[[Minnesota State Highway 210|Minnesota Highway 210]] and Dalles Avenue are two of the main routes in the community.

Thomson is located seven miles southeast of the city of [[Cloquet, Minnesota|Cloquet]]; and 18 miles southwest of the city of [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]].