Thornton
Thornton is a locality in Adams, Colorado. Thornton is situated nearby to the neighborhood North Hills, as well as near York Highlands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Thornton Crossroads/104th station and Original Thornton/88th station.
Thornton Crossroads/104th station
Railway station
Photo: Terrien, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thornton Crossroads/104th station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Thornton, Colorado. It is located on Colorado Boulevard, slightly south of 104th Avenue. The station opened on September 21, 2020.
Original Thornton/88th station
Railway station
Original Thornton/88th station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Thornton, Colorado. It is located north of 88th Avenue and west of Welby Road; a section of Welby was moved 1⁄4 mile to a new alignment linear with Steele Street. Original Thornton/88th station is situated 2 miles southwest of Thornton.
Northglenn/112th station
Railway station
Northglenn/112th station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Northglenn, Colorado. It is located on the west side of York and north of 112th Avenue. Northglenn/112th station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Thornton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Derby and Dupont.
Derby
Village
Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, CC BY 2.0.
Derby is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Derby is situated 3 miles south of Thornton.
Dupont
Hamlet
Dupont is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The Dupont Post Office has the ZIP Code 80024. Dupont is situated 3 miles south of Thornton.
Thornton
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thornton is a city of about 144,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies northwest of Denver in Adams and Weld counties.
Thornton
- Type: Locality
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.8797° or 39° 52′ 47″ northLongitude
-104.92932° or 104° 55′ 46″ westOpen location code
85FQV3HC+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 33148534
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