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Thornton

city in Adams and Weld counties in Colorado, United States
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Thornton

Summary

Thornton is a city in the United States[1]. Thornton ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thornton is located in Adams County[3].
  • Thornton is located in Weld County[4].
  • Thornton is in the country of United States[5].
  • Thornton's head of government is recorded as Janifer Kulmann[6].
  • Thornton's image is recorded as Thornton, CO, welcome sign IMG 5209.JPG[7].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[8].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Thornton's flag image is recorded as Flag of Thornton, Colorado.svg[10].
  • Daniel I.J. Thornton is named after Thornton[11].
  • Thornton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136022834[12].
  • Thornton's locator map image is recorded as Adams County and Weld County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Thornton Highlighted 0877290.svg[13].
  • Thornton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78060595[14].
  • Thornton's postal code is recorded as 80241[15].
  • Thornton's Commons category is recorded as Thornton, Colorado[16].
  • Thornton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 112928[17].
  • Thornton's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[18].
  • +1956-06-12T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thornton[19].
  • Thornton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 181265[20].
  • Thornton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2412064[21].
  • Thornton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.9031, 'lon': -104.954}[22].
  • Thornton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0r8mr[23].
  • Thornton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 08-77290[24].
  • Thornton's official website is recorded as http://www.cityofthornton.net/[25].
  • Thornton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thornton, Colorado[26].
  • Thornton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 16577ab4-a3a0-4ca2-ad52-6e899a31153c[27].

Body

Founding

+1956-06-12T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thornton[19].

Identity

Thornton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thornton'}[28].

Why It Matters

Thornton ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[2] Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Thornton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . thorntonco.gov. Retrieved . thorntonco.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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