Welcome to Thornton ...

Thornton is located in San Joaquin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thornton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Thornton is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Thornton lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Thornton is within the (209) area code.

The ZIP code for Thornton: 95686<3>

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, Colorado, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, 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.

Communities near Thornton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Thornton.

• Stockton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
  • Stockton is located in San Joaquin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 312,716 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <4>
• Elk Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
  • Elk Grove is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 166,913 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Grove <4>
• Lodi
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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  • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <4>
• Galt
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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  • Galt is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <4>
• Rio Vista
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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  • Rio Vista is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,978 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Vista <4>
• Isleton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isleton
  • Isleton is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isleton <4>
• Locke
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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  • Locke is located in Sacramento County
• Walnut Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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  • Walnut Grove is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut Grove <4>
• North Woodbridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
  • North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
• Ryde
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryde
  • Ryde is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryde <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Thornton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thornton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Thornton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thornton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Thornton. See our Newspapers Page for Thornton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thornton ...

Looking for more information about Thornton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Thornton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Thornton.

Adding Thornton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thornton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Thornton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Thornton post office opened in 1910.

We also found Thornton mentioned on a train schedule titled Nevada County Narrow Gauge Employees' Time Table (February 1938).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thornton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thornton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Joaquin County: www.sjgov.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/