Thoroughfare, Virginia

Thoroughfare
Unincorporated community
Thoroughfare Location within the state of Virginia
Coordinates: 38°49′14″N 77°40′32″W / 38.82056°N 77.67556°W / 38.82056; -77.67556Coordinates: 38°49′14″N 77°40′32″W / 38.82056°N 77.67556°W / 38.82056; -77.67556
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Prince William
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Thoroughfare is an unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia. Roughly located on Virginia State Route 55 about 1.5 miles West of Haymarket where the Norfolk Southern Railway tracks cross the road. The community thrived through the 1940s as a community founded by former slaves. As a place name, Thoroughfare is no longer in common use.

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Free People Of Color At Thoroughfare

Municipalities and communities of Prince William County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Manassas

Towns	Dumfries Haymarket Occoquan Quantico

CDPs	Buckhall Bull Run Bull Run Mountain Estates Cherry Hill County Center Dale City Gainesville Independent Hill Lake Ridge Linton Hall Loch Lomond Marumsco Montclair Neabsco Nokesville Potomac Mills Quantico Base‡ Sudley Triangle Woodbridge Yorkshire

Unincorporated communities	Aden Agnewville Antioch Batestown Bethel Brentsville Bristow Buckland Canova Catharpin Cornwell Featherstone Greenwich Groveton Hickory Ridge Hoadly Joplin Kopp Locust Hill Minnieville Rixlew Southbridge Sudley Springs Thoroughfare Wellington West Gate

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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