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Thornton

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Thornton city (1990 pop. 55,031), Adams co., NE Colo., a residential and industrial suburb of Denver ; inc. 1956. Industries include oil and gas development and the production of computer graphics systems, wood products, coffee and tea, building components, infant furniture, automobile accessories, sheet metal, air distribution and pneumatic equipment, instrumentation recorders, and space systems. Thornton has grown tremendously along with the rapid development of the Denver metropolitan area.

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Thornton

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Thornton ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from the very numerous places named with Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. The given name is associated with the American writer Thornton Wilder (1897–1975).

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Thornton." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Thornton.html

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