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Thornfield, Missouri Location in Missouri
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Ozark
Elevation	804 ft (245 m)
Area code(s)	417

Thornfield is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Gainesville, on Route 95 at the Little North Fork of the White River on the edge of the Mark Twain National Forest between Wasola to the northeast and Longrun to the southwest. Hammond, the site of the historic Hammond Mill, lies on the Little North Fork 2.5 miles (4.0 km) 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.

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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