Welcome to Altona ...

So far, we found very little information about Altona. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Altona to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Altona, please Contact Us.

Altona would have been located within present day Boulder County<2>.

The location of Altona has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Altona, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Altona is 5,600 feet [1,707 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Altona is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Altona was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Altona would have been located in the (303) and (720)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Altona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Altona - they are located in British Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Ontario and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Altona.

Communities near Altona ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Altona.

• Boulder
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
  • Boulder is located in Boulder County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 107,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boulder <6>
• Longmont
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmont
  • Longmont is located in Boulder County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,445 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longmont <6>
• Broomfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield
  • Broomfield is located in Broomfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broomfield <6>
• Erie
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Erie is located in Boulder County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <6>
• Lafayette
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lafayette have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
  • Lafayette is located in Boulder County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,579 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lafayette <6>
• Louisville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
  • Louisville is located in Boulder County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,060 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <6>
• Firestone
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Firestone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone
  • Firestone is located in Weld County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firestone <6>
• Superior
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superior have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
  • Superior is located in Boulder County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,413 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <6>
• Frederick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Frederick is located in Weld County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,515 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <6>
• Berthoud
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud
  • Berthoud is located in Larimer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,806 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berthoud <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Altona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Altona.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Altona. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Altona.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Altona. See our Newspapers Page for Altona.

Adding Altona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Altona in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Altona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Altona post office opened in 1879.

We also found Altona in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Altona.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Boulder County: www.co.boulder.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/