[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.

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.