USGS does not have a listing for this name in Hanover County. I was raised in Hanover and it's not familiar to me either. It may be the name of a farm or plantation. Thorntons lived at a place recently added to the historical register near Fork Church and, I have heard, also ran a store west of Ashland at the cross roads near where the fire tower was located at one time. What was Reuben's era? That would help. Charles. <A HREF="http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html">Click here: USGS Mapping Information: GNIS United States and Territories Data Base Query Form</A>