Welcome to Thuroy ...

Thuroy is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Thuroy is located in Ozark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thuroy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

Thuroy is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Thuroy: 417

Communities near Thuroy ...

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

• Mountain Home
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Home is located in Baxter County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,638 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Home <3>
• Gainesville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gainesville is located in Ozark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gainesville <3>
• Salesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Salesville is located in Baxter County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salesville <3>
• Viola
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Viola is located in Fulton County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Viola <3>
• Briarcliff
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
• Bakersfield
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bakersfield is located in Ozark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
• Udall
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Udall is located in Ozark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udall
• Custer ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Custer is located in Baxter County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
• Ott
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Ott is located in Fulton County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
• Ott
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Ott is located in Howell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thuroy ...

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

Adding Thuroy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thuroy in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Thuroy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Thuroy post office opened in 1927. The Thuroy post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thuroy.