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:

• Farragut
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Farragut is located in Knox County
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• Louisville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Louisville is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <1>
• Friendsville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Friendsville is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendsville <1>
• Lenoir City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lenoir City is located in Loudon County
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• Oak Ridge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Ridge is located in Anderson County
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• Alcoa
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Alcoa is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <1>
• Rockford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Rockford is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
• Knoxville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Knoxville is located in Knox County
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• Maryville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Maryville is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
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• Loudon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Loudon is located in Loudon County
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• Clinton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Clinton is located in Anderson County
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• Greenback
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Greenback is located in Loudon County
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenback <1>
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  • Oliver Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Oliver Springs is located in Anderson County
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  • Kingston
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Kingston is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <1>
  • Philadelphia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Philadelphia is located in Loudon County
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    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <1>

Knox County ...

Thornton is located in Knox County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Knox 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 Knox 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: 1272567
  • GNIS ID for Knox County: 1639761
  • GNIS ID for State of Tennessee: 1325873

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 47 (Tennessee)
  • County Code: 093 (Knox County)
  • Place Code: 73970 (Thornton)
  • State & County Code: 47/093 (Tennessee / Knox County)
  • State & Place Code: 47/73970 (Tennessee / Thornton)

• 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.