Village of Thornton

Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry, one of the largest quarries in the world.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Homewood Memorial Gardens and Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens.

Homewood Memorial Gardens

Cemetery

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Homewood Memorial Gardens is a privately owned cemetery in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois. Many other unrelated cemeteries share variations of this name. This site may have formerly been called Oak Lawn Cemetery.

Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens

Cemetery

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Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens is a cemetery.

Hazel Crest station

Railway station

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Hazel Crest is a station on Metra's Metra Electric District located in Hazel Crest, Illinois. The station is located at Park Avenue and 170th Street, 22.3 miles from Millennium Station, the northern terminus of the Metra Electric District. Hazel Crest station is situated 2 miles west of Village of Thornton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harvey and Lansing.

Harvey

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Harvey is a city of about 25,000 people in the South Suburbs of the Chicagoland region of Illinois.The city suffers from high levels of unemployment, poverty, and crime.

Lansing

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Lansing is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Lansing is a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 29,076 at the 2020 census.

South Holland

Town

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South Holland is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, within Thornton Township. The population was 21,465 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Dutch province of South Holland. South Holland is situated 2 miles north of Village of Thornton.

Village of Thornton

Type: Locality with 2,340 residents
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.571° or 41° 34′ 16″ north

Longitude

-87.6188° or 87° 37′ 8″ west

Population

2,340

Elevation

620 feet (189 metres)

Open location code

86HJH9CJ+9F

GeoNames ID

7317607

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thornton Quarry and Mount Forest Cemetery.

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