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Thornton

city in Adams and Weld counties in Colorado, United States
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Thornton

Summary

Thornton is a city in the United States[1]. Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Thornton is located in Adams County[3].
  • Thornton is located in Weld County[4].
  • Thornton is in the country of United States[5].
  • Thornton's head of government is recorded as Janifer Kulmann[6].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[7].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Daniel I.J. Thornton is named after Thornton[9].
  • Thornton's postal code is recorded as 80241[10].
  • Thornton's Commons category is recorded as Thornton, Colorado[11].
  • Thornton's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[12].
  • June 12, 1956 marks the founding of Thornton[13].
  • Thornton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.9031, 'lon': -104.954}[14].
  • Thornton's official website is recorded as http://www.cityofthornton.net/[15].
  • Thornton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thornton, Colorado[16].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+118772'}[17].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+141867'}[18].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+141867'}[19].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+11353'}[20].
  • Thornton's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Thornton, Colorado[21].
  • Thornton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thornton'}[22].
  • Thornton's category for people born here is recorded as Q130603636[23].
  • Thornton's category for people who died here is recorded as Q116729445[24].
  • Thornton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+46868'}[25].
  • Thornton's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Thornton, Colorado[26].
  • Thornton's different from is recorded as Thornton[27].

Body

Founding

June 12, 1956 marks the founding of Thornton[13].

Identity

Thornton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thornton'}[22].

Why It Matters

Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Thornton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . thorntonco.gov. Retrieved . thorntonco.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+95.317092'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+93.112567'}
    Water area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.869961'}
    Named after → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Thornton, Colorado
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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