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Thornton

census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California
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Thornton

Summary

Thornton is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Thornton is located in San Joaquin County[3].
  • Thornton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[5].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[6].
  • Thornton's postal code is recorded as 95686[7].
  • Thornton's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific Time Zone[8].
  • Thornton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−07:00[9].
  • Thornton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−08:00[10].
  • Thornton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.2261, 'lon': -121.425}[11].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+1131'}[12].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+1004'}[13].
  • Thornton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thornton'}[14].
  • Thornton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+274'}[15].
  • Thornton sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}[16].
  • Thornton covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.655546'}[17].
  • Thornton covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.58025'}[18].
  • Thornton's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+1.2987'}[19].
  • Thornton's water area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.072471'}[20].
  • Thornton's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+14588'}[21].

Body

Geography

Thornton is in the country of United States[4]. Thornton is located in San Joaquin County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.655546'}[17] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.58025'}[18]. Thornton sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}[16]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1131'}[12] and {'amount': '+1004'}[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[5] and unincorporated community[6].

Why It Matters

Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Thornton is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Water area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.072471'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → San Joaquin County
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 38.2261, 'lon': -121.425}
    Population → {'amount': '+1131'}, {'amount': '+1004'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47156|batch #47156]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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