BlockThorntown, Delaware
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Middletown-Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19709. The Survey maps it on the Delaware City quadrangle.
On record in Thorntown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dilworth Houselisted 1973 · 0.1 miles away
John B. Nelson Houselisted 1978 · 0.2 miles away
Hazel Glenlisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Cleaver Houselisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away- Robert Grose Houselisted 2001 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Delaware City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Delaware City quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Delaware City quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Delaware City quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thorntown: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Plant Getty | Sulfur | Plant |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Penn | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Pine Valley Farms | 1.4 miles | 32 | |
| Shenandoah | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Dutch Neck Farms | 1.8 miles | 32 | |
| Shingle Landing | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Great Oak Farms | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Evergreen Acres | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Biddles Corner | 2.5 miles | 32 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217655. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.