| Official Name: | Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Geauga |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 66.5 |
| Area Land Km2: | 66.1 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2144 |
| Population Density Km2: | 34.3 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 381 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1250 |
| Coordinates: | 41.6744°N -81.0575°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 44086 |
| Area Code: | 440 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-76628[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1086161 |
Thompson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,144.[3]
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Thompson Township. The township contains the unincorporated community of Thompson.
Thompson Township is the location of the Thompson Ledges landform.[4] [5]
Statewide, other Thompson Townships are located in Delaware and Seneca counties.
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[6] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Thompson Township is the site of WKSV 89.1 FM, a repeater transmitter for the WKSU public radio station based in Kent.Thompson is also the site of W34FP-D’s transmitter, for WVIZ; a PBS member station in Cleveland, Ohio.
Charles Martin Hall inventor of the modern process of aluminum production and founder of Alcoa.