Thornton
Thornton is an unincorporated place in Essa Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 1,046 as of the 2021 Census. It is 74 kilometres north of Toronto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: unincorporated place in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Thornton, Ontario”
Thornton
- Categories: unincorporated area, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Essa, Simcoe County, Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
44.2709° or 44° 16′ 15″ northLongitude
-79.72215° or 79° 43′ 20″ westElevation
291 metres (955 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA THNOpen location code
87P277CH+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 4075244047OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6165706Wikidata ID
Q7796492
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Thornton” goes by many names.
- French: “Thornton”
- Hindi: “थॉर्नटन, ओंटारियो”
- Irish: “Thornton”
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