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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.

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″N 79°56′31″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Taylor
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1548055[1]

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 site

Thornton United Methodist Church (1912)

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thornton, West Virginia
Flaherty, Mary Pat (1983-08-07). "Farm In W. Va. Once Used As Hideaway". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
Feigley, George (2008). "Views of the Prisons". www.prisoners.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-07.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Taylor County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Grafton
City	Grafton	Map of West Virginia highlighting Taylor County
Town	Flemington
Unincorporated communities	Astor Belgium Blueville Brittain Brownlow Brydon Cecil Eby Elliotsville Fetterman Hepzibah Knottsville Lesmalinston Lucretia Maple Run McGee Meadland Millertown Oreide Park View Pruntytown Rosemont Santiago Simpson South Grafton Tappan Thornton Webster Wendel West Grafton Westerman Winona
Former communities	Sandy Stone House Yates
Footnotes	‡This populated place also have portions in an adjacent county or counties
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