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Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry , one of the largest quarries in the world.
Thornton Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,865. [1] Incorporated in 1850, it is located immediately south of the city of Chicago. It is the second most populous township in Illinois as of the 2020 census, after Rockford Township (pop. 170,478) in Winnebago County. [1]
Thornton Township is one of 29 civil townships in Cook County, Illinois, and Dolton is one of 17 communities comprising the township. [72] It is one of the largest townships in Illinois, and employs more than 170 individuals, some full-time and others part-time. [13] It contains several of the state's most impoverished communities. [73]
Tiffany Henyard, the mayor of Dolton Village, Illinois, ... Henyard was elected mayor of the village in 2021 and appointed Thornton Township supervisor in 2022.
Henyard, who leads Dolton village and Thornton Township, appeared to be having the time of her life last month, posting video of herself on social media singing along with songs during the party ...
Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide, and 450 feet (140 m) deep at its deepest point. Gallagher Asphalt Corporation has been operating on the grounds of the quarry since 1928.
Henyard, who is also supervisor of nearby Thornton Township, at first attended her own meeting at the village hall, but was forced to cancel it because only two other trustees showed, NBC Chicago ...
State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [3] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. [4]