Thornton River
The Thornton River is a 27.9-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It rises at Thornton Gap in Shenandoah National Park and flows east through Rappahannock County, running parallel to U.S. Route 211 until it reaches the town of Sperryville.Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “North Gourdvine River”, “River Firth”, and “Thornton’s River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rixeyville and Korea.
Rixeyville
Hamlet
Rixeyville is an unincorporated community in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. Rixeyville is located on Virginia State Route 229, 7.4 miles north of Culpeper. Rixeyville is situated 2 miles southeast of Thornton River.
Korea
Locality
Korea is a town in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the population in Korea was 1,951. Korea is situated 2 miles north of Thornton River.
Viewtown
Locality
Viewtown is an unincorporated community in Rappahannock County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Viewtown is situated 3 miles northwest of Thornton River.
Thornton River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Culpeper, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Thornton River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Thornton”
- Cebuano: “Thornton River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ثورنتون”
- German: “Thornton River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Thornton”
- Venetian: “Thornton”
- Welsh: “Afon Thornton”
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