Thoroughfare, Virginia

Thoroughfare, Virginia

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 Railroad 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.

External links

* [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=974 Free People Of Color At Thoroughfare]


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