Welcome to Thomasville ...

So far, we found very little information about Thomasville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Thomasville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thomasville, please Contact Us.

Thomasville would have been located within present day Pitkin County<2>.

The location of Thomasville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thomasville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Thomasville is 8,010 feet [2,441 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Thomasville is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Thomasville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Thomasville once stood is in the (970) area code.

Communities Also Named Thomasville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Thomasville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thomasville.

Communities near Thomasville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Thomasville.

• Aspen
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
  • Aspen is located in Pitkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aspen <5>
• Basalt
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
  • Basalt is located in Eagle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
  • Former names for Basalt:
  • Aspen Junction
  • Fryingpan Town
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <5>
• Snowmass Village
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowmass Village
  • Snowmass Village is located in Pitkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,760 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowmass Village <5>
• Troutville ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
  • Troutville is located in Eagle County
• Lenado ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
  • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
• Woody Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Creek
  • Woody Creek is located in Pitkin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woody Creek <5>
• Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
  • Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
• Snowmass
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowmass
  • Snowmass is located in Pitkin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowmass <5>
• Independence ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Independence is located in Pitkin County
  • Independence has also been known as:
  • Chipeta
  • Farwell
  • Hunter's Pass
  • Mammoth City
  • Mount Hope
  • Sparkill
• Beaver Creek
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Beaver Creek is located in Eagle County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver Creek <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Thomasville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thomasville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Thomasville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomasville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomasville. See our Newspapers Page for Thomasville.

Adding Thomasville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thomasville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Thomasville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Thomasville post office opened in 1890.

We also found Thomasville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thomasville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pitkin County: www.aspenpitkin.com/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/