Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Thornfield came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Thornfield in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Thornfield. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Thornfield data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Thornfield:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Missouri (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Thornfield is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Thornfield. See our Misc Page for Thornfield for more information.