Thornton, Colorado | |
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Thornton welcome sign on Interstate 25 | |
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Location of Thornton in the United States | |
Coordinates: 39°54′11″N 104°57′16″W / 39.90306°N 104.95444°W | |
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Counties[2] | Adams County Weld County |
City[1] | Thornton |
Incorporated | June 12, 1956[3] |
Named for | Daniel I.J. Thornton |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Janifer "Jan" Kulmann (Since 2019) |
• City Manager | Kevin Woods (Since 2017) |
Area | |
• Total | 37.947 sq mi (98.282 km2) |
• Land | 35.924 sq mi (93.043 km2) |
• Water | 2.023 sq mi (5.239 km2) |
Elevation | 5,351 ft (1,631 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 141,867 |
• Rank | 6th in Colorado 191st in the United States |
• Density | 3,949/sq mi (1,525/km2) |
• Metro | 2,963,821 (19th) |
• CSA | 3,623,560 (17th) |
• Front Range | 5,055,344 |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP codes[6] | Denver 80221, 80229, 80233, 80241, 80260 Brighton 80602 |
Area code(s) | Both 303 and 720 |
FIPS code | 08-77290 |
GNIS feature ID | 0181265 |
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Website | City of Thornton |
Sixth most populous Colorado city |
Thornton is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United States.[1] The city population was 141,867, all in Adams County, at the 2020 United States Census, an increase of +19.44% since the 2010 United States Census.[4] Thornton is the sixth-most-populous city in Colorado and the 191st-most-populous city in the United States. Thornton is 10 miles (16 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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