Thornton

Thornton may refer to:

People

 * Thornton (surname), people with the surname Thornton
 * Justice Thornton (disambiguation), judges named "Thornton"
 * Thornton Wilder, American playwright

Australia

 * Thornton, New South Wales
 * Thornton, Queensland, a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region
 * Thornton, South Australia, a former town
 * Thornton, Victoria

Canada

 * Thornton, Ontario

New Zealand

 * Thornton, Bay of Plenty, settlement in the Bay of Plenty
 * Thornton, Waikato, suburb of Hamilton
 * Thornton Bay, settlement on the Coromandel Peninsula

South Africa

 * Thornton, Cape Town

United Kingdom

 * Thornton, Angus, a location
 * Thornton, Buckinghamshire
 * Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire
 * Thornton, Fife
 * Thornton, Lancashire
 * Thornton, Leicestershire
 * Thornton, Lincolnshire
 * Thornton, Merseyside
 * Thornton, Northumberland, a location
 * Thornton, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton, Pembrokeshire
 * Thornton, West Yorkshire
 * Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire
 * Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire
 * Thornton Heath, London
 * Thornton Hough, Merseyside
 * Thornton in Craven, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton-le-Beans, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton-le-Clay, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire (also simply Thornton Dale)
 * Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire
 * Thornton-le-Moor, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire
 * Thornton-le-Street, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton Rust, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton Steward, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton Watlass, North Yorkshire
 * Thornton (ward), an electoral ward of the Lambeth London Borough Council

United States

 * Thornton Creek, a stream in Seattle, Washington, USA

Communities

 * Thornton, Arkansas
 * Thornton, California
 * Thornton, Colorado
 * Thornton, Idaho
 * Thornton, Illinois
 * Thornton, Iowa
 * Thornton, Kentucky
 * Thornton, Mississippi
 * Thornton, New Hampshire
 * Thornton, Pennsylvania
 * Thornton, Rhode Island
 * Thornton, Texas
 * Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois
 * Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
 * Thornton, Wisconsin

Companies and organizations

 * Thorntons Inc., a U.S. gasoline and convenience store chain
 * Thorntons Ltd., a UK chocolate brand
 * Thornton's Bookshop (aka Thornton's) a university bookshop in Oxford, England
 * Thornton Academy, a private 6-12 school in Saco, Maine, USA

Other uses

 * USS Thornton, several United States Navy ships