Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Thornhill 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 Thornhill:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

Thornhill 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 Thornhill. See our Misc Page for Thornhill for more information.