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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.

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