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39.907333, -75.531592
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We found 28 communities that share the name Thornton.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Thornton is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, 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
Lauderdale County
This Thornton is located in Lauderdale County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Thornton.
Tallapoosa County
This Thornton is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the southwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Thornton.
Arkansas
Calhoun County
This Thornton is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Thornton.
California
San Joaquin County
This Thornton is located in San Joaquin County and lies 2,435 miles [3,918.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Thornton.
Colorado
Adams County
This Thornton is located in Adams County and lies 1,550 miles [2,494.5 km]<1> to the west of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Thornton.
Idaho
Kootenai County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Thornton [Kootenai County].
Madison County
This Thornton is located in Madison County and lies 1,871 miles [3,011.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Thornton.
Illinois
Cook County
This Thornton is located in Cook County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Thornton.
Indiana
Lawrence County
This Thornton is located in Lawrence County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the west of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Thornton.
Iowa
Cerro Gordo County
This Thornton is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Thornton.
Kansas
Rawlins County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Thornton [Rawlins County].
Kentucky
Letcher County
This Thornton is located in Letcher County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Thornton.
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Thornton [Suffolk County].
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Thornton is located in Saint Clair County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Thornton.
Mississippi
Holmes County
This Thornton is located in Holmes County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Thornton.
Missouri
Clay County
This Thornton is located in Clay County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the west of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Thornton.
Nebraska
Polk County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Polk County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Thornton.
New Hampshire
Grafton County
This Thornton is located in Grafton County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Thornton.
New York
Chautauqua County
This Thornton is located in Chautauqua County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Thornton.
Ohio
Ross County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Thornton [Ross County].
Ontario
This Thornton lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
Rhode Island
Providence County
This Thornton is located in Providence County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Thornton.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Thornton is located in Knox County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Thornton.
Texas
Limestone County
This Thornton is located in Limestone County and lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Thornton.
Washington
Whitman County
This Thornton is located in Whitman County and lies 2,127 miles [3,423.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Thornton.
West Virginia
Taylor County
This Thornton is located in Taylor County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the west of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Thornton.
Wisconsin
Shawano County
This Thornton is located in Shawano County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Thornton.
Wyoming
Weston County
This Thornton is located in Weston County and lies 1,518 miles [2,443 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thornton that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weston County community of Thornton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thornton ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Carriages at Cobblestones (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carriages at Cobblestones have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Thornton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thornton and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Thornton to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 106 miles [170.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,791 miles [9,319.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thornton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thornton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9073, Longitude: -75.5316 In this case, the coordinates for Thornton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Thornton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Thornton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.925 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.501 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.67 degrees.