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Welcome to Thorpe ...

Thorpe is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thorpe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Thorpe is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Thorpe lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Thorpe: 563

Communities Also Named Thorpe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Thorpe - they are located in Missouri, Ontario and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Thorpe ...

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

  • Manchester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dyersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Strawberry Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Winthrop
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Winthrop is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
  • Earlville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopkinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Quasqueton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Delhi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lamont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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 Thorpe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thorpe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Thorpe. 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 Thorpe.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thorpe ...

Looking for more information about Thorpe? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Thorpe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Thorpe.

Adding Thorpe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thorpe 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 (so far) for Thorpe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Thorpe post office opened in 1887. The Thorpe post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thorpe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thorpe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/