Census Data for Thornton Gap

As far as we can tell, Thornton Gap 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 Gap, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Fleming - Neon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
• Whitesburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesburg <1>
• Jenkins
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jenkins is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <1>
• Pippa Passes
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
• Wheelwright
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
• Blackey
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackey is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
• Pound
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pound is located in Wise County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pound <1>
• Hindman
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hindman is located in Knott County
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• Vicco
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Vicco is located in Perry County
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• Wayland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Wayland is located in Floyd County
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• Lynch
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lynch is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynch <1>
• Benham
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Benham is located in Harlan County
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benham <1>
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  • Cumberland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Cumberland is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
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  • Clintwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Clintwood is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clintwood <1>
  • Wise
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wise is located in Wise County (VA)
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Letcher County ...

Thornton Gap is located in Letcher County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Letcher County.

Miscellaneous Information for Thornton Gap ...

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 Letcher County or the community of Thornton Gap:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Thornton Gap:
  • GNIS ID for Thornton Gap: 509625
  • GNIS ID for Letcher County: 516913
  • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Thornton Gap 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 Gap.