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Welcome to Thornhill ...

Thornhill is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thornhill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1829.

Thornhill is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Thornhill: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Thornhill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Thornhill - they are located in Alabama (4), British Columbia, Kentucky, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thornhill.

Communities near Thornhill ...

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

  • Orange
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Gordonsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mineral
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Belmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Holladay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
  • Vulcan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vulcan is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
  • Childs Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
  • Grassland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Grassland is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
  • Paytes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thornhill ...

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

Adding Thornhill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Thornhill post office opened in 1829. The Thornhill post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thornhill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thornhill - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Thornhill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Thornhill 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/