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Thornton, Pennsylvania
Settlement
Thornton Village Historic District
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Delaware
Township	Concord

Timezone	EST (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	19373
Area code	610 and 484

Thornton is an unincorporated community spanning Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States west of the unincorporated community of Lima, Pennsylvania, northwest of the borough of Chester Heights, Pennsylvania and northeast of the unincorporated community of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.

The community includes the Thornton Village Historic District, which includes buildings dating from 1750 to 1855. The District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

The George W. Hill Correctional Facility is located in Thornton.

Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Media

City	Chester

Boroughs	Aldan Brookhaven Chester Heights Clifton Heights Collingdale Colwyn Darby East Lansdowne Eddystone Folcroft Glenolden Lansdowne Marcus Hook Media Millbourne Morton Norwood Parkside Prospect Park Ridley Park Rose Valley Rutledge Sharon Hill Swarthmore Trainer Upland Yeadon

Townships	Aston Bethel Chadds Ford Chester Concord Darby Edgmont Haverford Lower Chichester Marple Middletown Nether Providence Newtown Radnor Ridley Springfield Thornbury Tinicum Upper Chichester Upper Darby Upper Providence

CDPs	Ardmore‡ Boothwyn Broomall Cheyney University‡ Drexel Hill Folsom Haverford College‡ Lima Linwood Village Green-Green Ridge Woodlyn

Unincorporated communities	Beaver Valley‡ Booths Corner Bortondale Bowling Green Chelsea Chichester Concordville Crum Lynne Elwyn Garden City Garnet Valley Garrett Hill Glen Mills Glen Riddle Gradyville Haverford‡ Havertown Holmes Lenni Llanerch Moylan Painters Crossing Radnor Riddlewood Rosemont‡ Secane South Media St. Davids Strafford‡ Thornton Villanova‡ Wallingford Wawa Wayne‡ Wyola

Ghost town	Darling

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°54′26″N 75°31′54″W / 39.90722°N 75.53167°W / 39.90722; -75.53167

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