The area later to become Thompson's Station was beginning to be settled as early as 1799 by pioneers, mostly from Virginia, and North Carolina. The pioneers had received land grants for service in the Revolutionary War.
According to Tennessee Postoffices and Postmaster Appointments, 1799 - 1984, the community was called Whit House in 1833. In 1836, the name was changed to Littlebury or Littleberry, apparently after Littleberry R. Starks who was appointed postmaster that same year. In 1856, Dr. Elijah Thompson gave land on which the village was built. From this time, the community has been called Thompson's Station.
Dr. Thompson was instumentalin securing funds for the railroad which made Thompson's Station a prosperous shipping center for southern Williamson County. By 1886 the community had from 100 to 200 inhabitants, according to Goodspeed's History of Williamson County. In 1866 the train depot was built, probably to replace the one destroyed during the Battle of Thompson's Station in 1863.
With the demise of the railroad, the business section of Thompson's Station was no more and for years has contained only two stores, a postoffice, and a garage.
In 1989, Spring Hill was chosen as the site of General Motors' new plant which would design and produce the Saturn automobile. Being so near Thompson's Station, it has brought an explosion of residential developments to the area. In 1990 the town was incorporated to stop encroaching annexation from Spring Hill.
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