Thomson

Also known as Thomson, Georgia, Slashes, Thomson, GA

city in and the county seat of McDuffie County, Georgia, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Georgia
County: McDuffie
Total: 4.80 sq mi (12.42 km )
Land: 4.78 sq mi (12.38 km )
Water: 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
Elevation: 531 ft (162 m)
Density: 1,425.6/sq mi (550.43/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−4 (EDT)
Fips code: 13-76280
Gnis feature id: 0356589
Website: www .thomson-mcduffie .gov

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Thomson
Population: 6814
Area: 11.410532
Elevation: 162
Official website: www.thomson-mcduffie.com/citycounty
Image: Thomson, Georgia Main Street, May 2017.jpg
Households: 2763
Dialing code: 706

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postal code: 30824
water as percent of area: 0.3246
Commons category: Thomson, Georgia
P8168: Karachays
per capita income: 20202

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Thomson (originally called Slashes) is a city in and the county seat of McDuffie County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,814 at the 2020 census. Thomson's nickname is "The Camellia City of the South", in honor of the thousands of camellia plants throughout the city. Thomson was founded in 1837 as a depot on the Georgia Railroad. It was renamed in 1853 for railroad official John Edgar Thomson and incorporated February 15, 1854 as a town and in 1870 as a city. It is part of the Augusta – Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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