Thornton, Colorado City of Thornton, Colorado Location in Adams County and Weld County of the state of Colorado Location in Adams County and Weld County of the state of Colorado State Colorado Website City of Thornton Sixth-most crowded Colorado town/city The City of Thornton is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S.
State of Colorado, positioned in the northeast quadrant of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The United States Enumeration Bureau reported the city's burgeoning population at 118,772 on April 1, 2010, a 44.2% increase from the 2000 Enumeration population of 82,384.
Thornton is the sixth-most crowded city in the state of Colorado and the 213th-most crowded city in the United States.
Thornton consisted solely of farmland until 1953 when Sam Hoffman purchased a lot off Washington Street about seven miles (11 km) north of Denver.
The town he laid out was the first fully prepared improve in Adams County, and the first to offer full municipal services from a single tax levy, including recreation services and no-charge trash pickup.
Thornton was titled in honor of Former Colorado Governor Dan Thornton.
The TCA was instrumental in Thornton's 1956 incorporation as a city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 27.2 square miles (70 km2), of which, 26.9 square miles (70 km2) of it is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (1.25%) is water.
Thornton has 81 town/city parks and nearly 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of parks and open space. There are over 80 miles (130 km) of trails throughout the city.
Thornton has a several recreational facilities like the Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center and the Thornton Community Center.
Major highways in Thornton are I-25, I-76, SH 7, SH 44, SH 224, and E-470.
Thornton is served by the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), which provides bus service to Thornton and the rest of the Denver urbane area.
Thornton is served primarily by three school districts: Adams County School District 12, Mapleton Public Schools, and Brighton School District 27 - J.
Encompassing four high schools Thornton High School, Vantage Point High School, Skyview High School, and Horizon High School, five middle schools and fourteen elementary schools.
Thornton has a several charter schools in or near Thornton.
The charter schools are: Stargate School, Colorado Virtual Academy, New America School, Westgate Community Charter School.
Thornton has a several shopping areas, such as Larkridge Mall, Thornton Town Center, and Thorncreek Crossing Shopping Center.
Edward Casso (1974- ), Colorado state legislator Beth Martinez Humenik, Colorado state legislator Joseph Salazar, Colorado state legislator State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Colorado counties Adams County, Colorado Adams County School District 12 Weld County, Colorado Colorado urbane areas a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
Brighton, Colorado: Board of Adams County Commissioners.
Thornton town/city parks and recreation facilities City of Thornton website CDOT map of the City of Thornton Municipalities and communities of Adams County, Colorado, United States Municipalities and communities of Weld County, Colorado, United States Mayors of metros/cities with populations exceeding 100,000 in Colorado
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