Welcome to Thornton ...Thornton is located in Whitman County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Thornton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Thornton is 2,300 feet [701 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Thornton is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Thornton lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Thornton: 509 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, California, Colorado, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, 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.
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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Thornton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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.<4> We also found Thornton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Thornton. Footnotes ...
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