Thornton

census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q6644877
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Thornton

Summary

Thornton is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Thornton ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[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 GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 236291[11].
  • Thornton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2628795[12].
  • Thornton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.2261, 'lon': -121.425}[13].
  • Thornton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c3zj5y[14].
  • Thornton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 06-78568[15].
  • Thornton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1131'}[16].
  • Thornton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1004'}[17].
  • Thornton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thornton'}[18].
  • Thornton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+274'}[19].
  • Thornton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5402388[20].
  • Thornton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}[21].
  • Thornton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.655546'}[22].
  • Thornton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.58025'}[23].
  • Thornton's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+1.2987'}[24].
  • Thornton's Who's on First ID is recorded as 85926737[25].
  • Thornton's OpenWeatherMap city ID is recorded as 5402388[26].
  • Thornton's water area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.072471'}[27].

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'}[22] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.58025'}[23]. Thornton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}[21]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1131'}[16] and {'amount': '+1004'}[17].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Thornton ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Thornton is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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