Thornton, West Virginia

Thornton
Unincorporated community
Thornton Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Thornton Thornton (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 39°20′44″N79°56′31″W / 39.34556°N 79.94194°W / 39.34556; -79.94194
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Taylor
Elevation [1]	1,043 ft (318 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	26440 [2]
Area codes	304 and 681
GNIS feature ID	1548055 [1]

Thornton is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. 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. ^{[3] [4]}

Historic site

• Thornton United Methodist Church (1912)

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thornton, West Virginia
2. "Thornton ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
3. Flaherty, Mary Pat (August 7, 1983). "Farm In W. Va. Once Used As Hideaway". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
4. Feigley, George (2008). "Views of the Prisons". www.prisoners.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2018.