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Welcome to Thornville ...

Thornville is located in Lapeer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thornville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Thornville is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Thornville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Thornville ...

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

Communities near Thornville ...

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

  • Rochester Hills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Auburn Hills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Rochester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lapeer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Davison
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Imlay City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Romeo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lake Orion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lake Orion is located in Oakland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,191 people
    • Former names for Lake Orion:
    • Canandaigua City
    • New Canandaigua
    • Oakland
    • Orion
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Orion <3>
  • Almont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thornville ...

Looking for more information about Thornville? 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 Thornville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Thornville.

Adding Thornville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thornville 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 Thornville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Thornville post office opened in 1854. The Thornville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thornville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Lapeer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thornville - 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/