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Township of Thornton

Thornton

Thornton is a village in , United States, and a south suburb of . The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. Thornton is home to the , one of the largest quarries in the world.
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  • Type: Village with 2,390 residents
  • Description: village in Cook County, Illinois, USA
  • Also known as: “Thornton IL”, “Thornton, Illinois”, and “Village of Thornton”
  • Postal code: 60476

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thornwood High School and Homewood Memorial Gardens.

School
is a public high school located in , , United States. It was built as part of Thornton Township High School District 205.

Cemetery
Photo: Nick Number, CC BY 4.0.
is a privately owned cemetery in unincorporated . Many other unrelated cemeteries share variations of this name. This site may have formerly been called Oak Lawn Cemetery.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Hazel Crest and South Holland.

Village
is a village in , United States. It is a south suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 1,297. is situated 2 miles west of Thornton.

Town
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is a village and south suburb of in , United States, within Thornton Township. The population was 21,465 at the 2020 census. It is named after the province of . is situated 2 miles north of Thornton.

Village
is a village in , United States. The population was 8,662 at the 2020 census. is situated 2 miles south of Thornton.

Thornton

Latitude
41.57258° or 41° 34′ 21″ north
Longitude
-87.60953° or 87° 36′ 34″ west
Population
2,390
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Named after
William F. Thornton
United Nations Location Code
US THQ
Open location code
86HJH9FR+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153461712
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4913605
Wiki­data ID
Q2308438
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Thornton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثورنتون”
  • Basque: “Thornton”
  • Catalan: “Thornton”
  • Cebuano: “Thornton”
  • Chinese: “Thornton”
  • Chinese: “桑頓 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “桑頓”
  • Dutch: “Thornton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثورنتون”
  • French: “Thornton”
  • German: “Thornton”
  • Gilaki: “ثؤرنتن (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “ثؤرنتن”
  • Haitian: “Thornton, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Thornton”
  • Italian: “Thornton”
  • Ladin: “Thornton”
  • Mazanderani: “تورنتون (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “تورنتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thornton”
  • Persian: “تورنتون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “تورنتون”
  • Polish: “Thornton”
  • Portuguese: “Thornton”
  • Romanian: “Thornton”
  • Russian: “Торнтон”
  • Serbian: “Торнтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thornton, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thornton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورنتون، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Thornton”
  • Turkish: “Thornton”
  • Ukrainian: “Торнтон”
  • Vietnamese: “Thornton, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Thornton”
  • Volapük: “Thornton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thornton, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thornton”
  • Welsh: “Thornton, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Thornton”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Forest Cemetery and Thornton Post Office.

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