Thomas, Virginia
Thomas is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.[1]
History
Thomas was named for John Thomas, a railroad official.[2]
gollark: If you make law really easy to add to, you'll run into problems like "oh bees there are several million pages of law nobody has read".
gollark: My view is generally that the government should avoid doing too much and have law-writing and stuff handled such that it can't start jumping far ahead of popular opinion.
gollark: I feel like you should need greater-than-majority support to change meta-laws governing parliament.
gollark: Same with the US.
gollark: I mean, it could if people supported it, but it's politically impractical.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thomas, Virginia
- Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
Municipalities and communities of Buchanan County, Virginia, United States | ||
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| Town |  Map of Virginia highlighting Buchanan County | |
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| Unincorporated communities |
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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