Census Data for Thornton
As far as we can tell, Thornton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Thornton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Camp Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dadeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Loachapoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Notasulga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksons' Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tallassee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eclectic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alexander City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tuskegee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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- Opelika
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Site
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Shorter
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Tallapoosa County ...
Thornton is located in Tallapoosa County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Tallapoosa County.
Miscellaneous Information for Thornton ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Tallapoosa County or the community of Thornton:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Thornton:
- GNIS ID for Thornton: 127926
- GNIS ID for Tallapoosa County: 161587
- GNIS ID for State of Alabama: 1779775
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Thornton is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Thornton.
Footnotes ...
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