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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thorp \Thorp\, Thorpe \Thorpe\(th[^o]rp), n. [AS. [thorn]orp;
     akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel.
     [thorn]orp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm,
     Goth. [thorn]a['u]rp a field, and probably to Lith. troba a
     building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed
     village, a tribe, clan, Gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps


     to L. turba a crowd, mult. Cf. {Dorp}.]
     A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet;
     a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and
     persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe. "Within a little thorp I
     staid." --Fairfax.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Then thorpe and byre arose in fire.      --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Thorp, WA
    Zip code(s): 98946
  Thorp, WI (city, FIPS 79625)
    Location: 44.95983 N, 90.80093 W
    Population (1990): 1657 (754 housing units)
    Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 54771

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Thorp, WI -- U.S. city in Wisconsin
     Population (2000):    1536
     Housing Units (2000): 759
     Land area (2000):     1.325367 sq. miles (3.432685 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.325367 sq. miles (3.432685 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            79625
     Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
     Location:             44.959792 N, 90.801061 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     54771
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Thorp, WI
      Thorp
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Thorp, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
     Population (2000):    273
     Housing Units (2000): 107
     Land area (2000):     1.234415 sq. miles (3.197121 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.234415 sq. miles (3.197121 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            71225
     Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
     Location:             47.068006 N, 120.672687 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     98946
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Thorp, WA
      Thorp
  

















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