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Thomas is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

History

A post office was established at Thomas in 1898, and remained in operation until 1920. The town took its name from nearby Thomas Creek. Thomas was a station on the Oregon Pacific Railroad, later reorganized as the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thomas (historical)
2. "Linn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
3. "Historical scrapbook". The Times. Mar 10, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 948. ISBN 978-0875952772.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Linn County, Oregon, United States
County seat: Albany
Cities	Albany‡ Brownsville Gates‡ Halsey Harrisburg Idanha‡ Lebanon Lyons Mill City‡ Millersburg Scio Sodaville Sweet Home Tangent Waterloo
CDPs	Cascadia Crabtree Crawfordsville Holley Lacomb Peoria Shedd South Lebanon West Scio
Other communities	Foster Jordan Kingston Marion Forks Riverside Santiam Junction
Ghost towns	Burlington Orleans Rowland Shelburn Tallman Thomas
Indian reservation	Warm Springs Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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44°41′15″N 122°56′02″W / 44.6876222°N 122.9339800°W / 44.6876222; -122.9339800

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