Thornton
Thornton is an unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office closed in November 2008…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: community in Letcher County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Thornton, Kentucky” and “Thornton, KY”
- Postal code: 41855
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farraday and Millstone.
Farraday
Hamlet
Farraday is an unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The now-defunct post office was located on Thornton Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Kentucky River.
Millstone
Hamlet
Millstone is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 117 as of the 2010 census. Millstone is situated 1½ miles east of Thornton.
Sergent
Hamlet
Sergent is an unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. Sergent is situated 2 miles south of Thornton.
Thornton
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Letcher, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.17343° or 37° 10′ 24″ northLongitude
-82.77849° or 82° 46′ 43″ westElevation
1,283 feet (391 metres)Open location code
869V56FC+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 154047747OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Thornton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “桑頓”
- French: “Thornton”
- South Azerbaijani: “تورنتون، کنتاکی”
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Localities in the Area
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