Thornfield is an
unincorporated community
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in
Ozark County
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,
Missouri
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, United States. It is located northwest of
Gainesville, on
Route 95
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* British Columbia Highway 95
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at the Little North Fork of the
White River on the edge of the
Mark Twain National Forest
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between
Wasola to the northeast and
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to the southwest.
[''Thornfield, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004] Hammond, the site of the historic Hammond Mill, lies on the Little North Fork southeast of Thornfield. Thornfield has a post office with
ZIP code 65762.
A post office called Thornfield has been in open since 1878. The area was named for the local Thornfield family.
Thornfield R-1 Elementary School is about one mile east of the town on Route 95.
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Thornfield (GNIS FID: 752535) is a populated place located within the Township of Thornfield, a minor civil division (MCD) of Ozark County.
The elevation of Thornfield is 807 feet. Thornfield appears on the Thornfield U.S. Geological Survey Map.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ozark County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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