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The city of Thornton is primarily located in Adams County. A portion of Thornton extends into Weld County.
Thornton was incorporated June 12, 1956.
The community of Thornton is 1,590 feet [484.63 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Thornton lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Thornton can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Thornton had a population of 82,384 people<3> (or 23.47% of the total population of Adams County). The population of Thornton represented 1.92% of the total of Colorado, making it the state's 10th most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Thornton had a population of 113,429 people. This is an increase of 37.68% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Thornton.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 113,429 | +37.68% | +2.83% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 110,303 | +33.89% | +2.86% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 107,234 | +30.16% | +3% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 104,109 | +26.37% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 82,384 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Arvada |  SW | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 107,361 | 5.1% increase |
| | Boulder |  NW | 17 mi [27.36 km] | 94,171 | 0.53% decrease |
| | Broomfield |  W | 6 mi [9.66 km] | 54,858 | 43.34% increase |
| | Denver |  S | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 598,707 | 7.95% increase |
| | Englewood | S | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 32,669 | 2.97% increase |
| | Lafayette | NW | 9 mi [14.48 km] | 25,065 | 8.05% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Thornton.
Website for Thornton
| Official Website: | www.cityofthornton.net/ |
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Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thornton - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Thornton, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Thornton. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Thornton and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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