Thornburg is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Spotsylvania County in the
U.S. state
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of
Virginia
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. Thornburg is centered on the intersection of the
Jefferson Davis Highway (
U.S. 1) with Morris, Mudd Tavern, and South Roxbury Mill Roads. According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, Thornburg has also been known as Mudd Tavern and Thornsburg throughout its history. The town is located near
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the ...
exit 118, where several motels and travel-related businesses exist.
Thornburg is the site of the
Dominion Raceway, which opened in 2016, and the future site of a
Kalahari Resorts
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location, which is planned to open in 2026.
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Unincorporated communities in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
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