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Welcome to Thrifton ...

Thrifton is located in Ross County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thrifton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Thrifton is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Thrifton: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Thrifton ...

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

  • Washington Court House
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Washington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Washington is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Hillsboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sabina
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Leesburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • New Vienna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Frankfort
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomingburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • New Holland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Bainbridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thrifton ...

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

Adding Thrifton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thrifton 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 Thrifton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Thrifton post office opened in 1889. The Thrifton post office closed in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thrifton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Ross, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thrifton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Thrifton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Thrifton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/