| 词条 | Thornton, West Virginia |
| 释义 |
|name = Thornton |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |pushpin_map = West Virginia#USA |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of West Virginia |pushpin_mapsize = |image_map = |map_caption = Location within Taylor county |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = West Virginia |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Taylor |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2000 |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = |coordinates = {{coord|39|20|44|N|79|56|31|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1548055[1] |website = |footnotes = }} Thornton is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia. Thornton is located on Three Fork Creek along the Northwestern Turnpike (US 50) at its junction with County Route 7. Thornton also hosts an annual Pumpkin Festival. Thornton contains a Volunteer Fire Department, Post Office, and Taylor County's Judge Alan Moats' residence. After his 1976 escape from prison in Pennsylvania, the sex cult leader George Feigley hid on a farm near Thornton. He and his followers referred to the farm as the "Aaron Farm", and used it as a compound until Feigley was recaptured in 1978.[2][3] Historic sites
References1. ^{{gnis|1548055}} {{Taylor County, West Virginia}}{{TaylorCountyWV-geo-stub}}2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=18453696|title=Farm In W. Va. Once Used As Hideaway|last=Flaherty|first=Mary Pat|date=1983-08-07|work=The Pittsburgh Press|access-date=2018-12-07}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518143931/http://www.prisoners.com:80/heavens.html|title=Views of the Prisons|last=Feigley|first=George|date=2008|website=www.prisoners.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518143931/http://www.prisoners.com:80/heavens.html|archive-date=2010-05-18|access-date=2018-12-07}} 4 : Unincorporated communities in Taylor County, West Virginia|Unincorporated communities in West Virginia|Northwestern Turnpike|Clarksburg micropolitan area |
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