Thoroughfare, Virginia

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Thoroughfare
2016-10-11 16 29 30 View east along Virginia State Route 55 (John Marshall Highway) just west of Virginia State Secondary Route 723 in Thoroughfare, Prince William County, Virginia.jpg
SR 55 through Thoroughfare
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Thoroughfare
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Thoroughfare (Virginia)
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Thoroughfare (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°49′14″N77°40′32″W / 38.82056°N 77.67556°W / 38.82056; -77.67556
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Prince William
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)

Thoroughfare is an unincorporated community in western 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.