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Thornton is a village in Cook County, 21 miles S of the Loop. The population was 2,582 at the 2000 census. Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry, one of the largest quarries in the world. Thornton shares boundaries with South Holland to the north, Glenwood to the south, and Homewood and East Hazel Crest to the west. Cook County Forest Preserves are to the east and south. The northern part of Thorn- ton is traversed east to west by the Tri-State Tollway. Halsted Street is part of Thornton's western border and has an interchange with I-80. The first railroad came to Thornton in 1869. At one time there was a depot in Thornton, but there is no longer passenger service.

The village of Thornton is the oldest settlement in Thornton Township, and both are named after William F. Thornton, one of the commissioners of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. The first white settler was William Woodbridge in 1834. Thornton's population has been stable for years at around 3,000, with its housing in great demand. Like much of the surrounding area, Thornton attracted a large number of Germans in its early years. Later, many Eastern Europeans arrived to work in the quarry, living south of the quarry in an area that became known as “hunkeyville.”

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