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Thornton

town in Limestone County, Texas
Organization town_in_the_united_states Q976067
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Thornton

Summary

Thornton is a town in the United States[1]. Thornton ranks in the top 5% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thornton is located in Limestone County[3].
  • Thornton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[5].
  • Thornton's locator map image is recorded as TXMap-doton-Thornton.PNG[6].
  • Thornton's postal code is recorded as 76687[7].
  • Thornton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8476279[8].
  • Thornton's local dialing code is recorded as 254[9].
  • Thornton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1369866[10].
  • Thornton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2413386[11].
  • Thornton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.41, 'lon': -96.5736}[12].
  • Thornton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0105sm[13].
  • Thornton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 48-72788[14].
  • Thornton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+525'}[15].
  • Thornton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+526'}[16].
  • Thornton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+421'}[17].
  • Thornton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thornton'}[18].
  • Thornton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+210'}[19].
  • Thornton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4736679[20].
  • Thornton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+150'}[21].
  • Thornton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+150'}[22].
  • Thornton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.553769'}[23].
  • Thornton's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.4761'}[24].
  • Thornton's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101725239[25].
  • Thornton's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Fadak[26].
  • Thornton's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+22171'}[27].

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Identity

Thornton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thornton'}[18].

Why It Matters

Thornton ranks in the top 5% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+210'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+150'}, {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+150'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.553769'}
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