RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Chester County >> Thorndale >> MentionsIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Pennsylvania


The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania







Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Thorndale came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Thorndale 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 Thorndale. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Thorndale, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

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

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Thorndale. See our Misc Page for Thorndale for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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