Do you know of Thornton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Thornton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Thornton.
Our sources for Thornton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Thornton other than they indicate that Thornton would be found somewhere in Rawlins County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1899.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Thornton ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Thornton.
Within Kansas, the name Thornton is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Thornton [Calhoun County].
- California
- San Joaquin County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Thornton [San Joaquin County].
- Colorado
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Thornton [Adams County].
- Idaho
- Kootenai County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Thornton [Kootenai County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Thornton [Madison County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Thornton [Cook County].
- Indiana
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Thornton [Lawrence County].
- Iowa
- Cerro Gordo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Thornton [Cerro Gordo County].
- Kentucky
- Letcher County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Thornton [Letcher County].
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Thornton [Saint Clair County].
- Mississippi
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Thornton [Holmes County].
- Missouri
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Thornton [Clay County].
- Nebraska
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Thornton [Polk County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Thornton [Grafton County].
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Thornton [Chautauqua County].
- Ohio
- Ross County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Thornton [Ross County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Thornton.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Thornton [Delaware County].
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Thornton [Providence County].
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Thornton [Knox County].
- Texas
- Limestone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Thornton [Limestone County].
- Washington
- Whitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Thornton [Whitman County].
- West Virginia
- Taylor County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Thornton [Taylor County].
- Wisconsin
- Shawano County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Thornton [Shawano County].
- Wyoming
- Weston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Thornton [Weston County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Thornton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Thornton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Thornton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Rawlins County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Rawlins County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Thornton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |