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Welcome to Thornton ...So far, we found very little information about Thornton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Thornton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Thornton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Thornton, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Thornton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Polk County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Thornton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. Time Zone: The area where Thornton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Thornton once stood is in the (402) and (531)<3> area codes. Communities Also Named Thornton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Thornton - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thornton. Adding Thornton to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Thornton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> We also found Thornton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Thornton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/ Footnotes ...
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