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Thornton at a glance
- County
- Cerro Gordo County
- County seat
- Mason City
- Population
- 400
- Cerro Gordo County population
- 43,127
- Local records
- City of Thornton
- ZIP codes
- 50479
About Thornton public records
Thornton, a place of 400 people, is in Cerro Gordo County, whose county seat is Mason City. Court and property records sit with Cerro Gordo County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Iowa. Thornton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cerro Gordo County page lists each county office.
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Old mine workings in Thornton
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What is on record in Thornton
- Old mine sites
- 1
- Main minerals
- construction sand and gravel
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- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 1 named mine site inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Coal was mined in Iowa from the 1840s to 1994.
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- Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Abandoned Mine Land ReclamationThe Mines and Minerals Bureau program for Iowa's 300 plus AML sites and 13,000 acres of abandoned coal mines, mostly in southeast Iowa.
- Iowa DNR, About Iowa Coal Mining and Coal Mine DataHow the coal mine records came from the Office of State Mine Inspectors (1884 to 1973) to the Iowa Geological Survey and into the map.
Named workings recorded in Thornton
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Deeds for property in Thornton are recorded by the Cerro Gordo County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Cerro Gordo County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Thornton, Iowa?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Iowa come from the state vital records office, Iowa HHS Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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