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[syn: Thornton, William Thornton]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Thornton
    n 1: American architect (1759-1828) [syn: Thornton, William
         Thornton]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Thornton, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
   Population (2000):    517
   Housing Units (2000): 242
   Land area (2000):     1.911972 sq. miles (4.951985 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.017552 sq. miles (0.045460 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.929524 sq. miles (4.997445 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            69050
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             33.776794 N, 92.489711 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     71766
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Thornton, AR
    Thornton
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Thornton, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
   Population (2000):    82384
   Housing Units (2000): 29573
   Land area (2000):     26.863620 sq. miles (69.576453 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.335619 sq. miles (0.869249 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    27.199239 sq. miles (70.445702 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            77290
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.903043 N, 104.954406 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     80229
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Thornton, CO
    Thornton
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Thornton, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    2582
   Housing Units (2000): 1035
   Land area (2000):     2.334041 sq. miles (6.045139 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.043871 sq. miles (0.113625 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.377912 sq. miles (6.158764 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            75185
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.571484 N, 87.611743 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     60476
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Thornton, IL
    Thornton
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Thornton, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    422
   Housing Units (2000): 193
   Land area (2000):     1.246453 sq. miles (3.228298 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.246453 sq. miles (3.228298 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            77880
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             42.944972 N, 93.384115 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     50479
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Thornton, IA
    Thornton
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Thornton, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
   Population (2000):    525
   Housing Units (2000): 248
   Land area (2000):     0.991530 sq. miles (2.568050 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.005590 sq. miles (0.014478 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.997120 sq. miles (2.582528 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            72788
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             31.409906 N, 96.573594 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     76687
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Thornton, TX
    Thornton