It was the headquarters of the former East Northamptonshire district, and at the time of the 2021 census, had a population of 7,238.

Thrapston (Midland) was on the Kettering to Cambridge route, and the former station and viaduct can be seen from the adjacent A14 road.

Thrapston (Bridge Street) was on the former LNWR Northampton to Peterborough line.

This is celebrated every year with the town's Charter fair, when the high street is closed and the townspeople congregate in commemoration.

Naturalist and writer Horace William Wheelwright practised as an attorney in Thrapston in the 1840s.