Thornfield is an

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in Ozark County,

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, United States. It is located northwest of Gainesville, on Route 95 at the Little North Fork of the White River on the edge of the

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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

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, 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.MO Dept. of Education
/ref> 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.

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