Thorntown Travel Guide

A small town in northwest Boone County, roughly 35 miles northwest of Indianapolis, Thorntown is home to an estimated 1,559 people.

A quintessential rural Indiana community, Thorntown hosts the Festival of the Turning Leaves on the fourth weekend of every September.

The town has two restaurants: Stookey's Family Restaurant, open Tuesday-Saturday and regionally famous for their catfish, steaks and onion rings, and the Lost Frontier, a smoky little cafe where farmers and locals gather for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Lost Frontier is also a Pizza King franchise.

The Thorntown Public Library was expanded in 2005 and features free WiFi internet connectivity. In fact, you can even connect from your car in the parking lot.

The local telephone company - Frontier - offers DSL high speed internet service.

In addition, the town has one drugstore, one independently owned gas station, one bank (Home National) which has one ATM, one liquor store and an elementary school.

The town's only gas station, situated at the southwest corner of Main and Pearl streets, is an independently owned business where the owners pump your gas for you to compensate for slightly higher prices.