Do you know of Altamont ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Altamont. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Altamont.<1>
We found mention of Altamont as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Maricopa County, Arizona.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1895 and closed in 1898.
Communities Also Named Altamont ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Altamont.
Within Arizona, the name Altamont is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Altamont [Tuscaloosa County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Altamont.
- California
- Alameda County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Altamont [Alameda County].
- Florida
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Altamont [Orange County].
- Illinois
- Effingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Altamont [Effingham County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Altamont [Madison County].
- Indiana
- Tippecanoe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Altamont [Tippecanoe County].
- Kansas
- Labette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Altamont [Labette County].
- Kentucky
- Laurel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Altamont [Laurel County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Altamont.
- Maryland
- Garrett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Altamont [Garrett County].
- Missouri
- Daviess County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Altamont [Daviess County].
- New Mexico
- Rio Arriba County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Altamont [Rio Arriba County].
- New York
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Altamont [Albany County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Altamont [Franklin County].
- North Carolina
- Avery County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Altamont [Avery County].
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Altamont [Jefferson County].
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Altamont [Klamath County].
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Altamont [Schuylkill County].
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Altamont [Greenville County].
- South Dakota
- Deuel County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Altamont [Deuel County].
- Tennessee
- Grundy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Altamont [Grundy County].
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Altamont [Duchesne County].
- Wisconsin
- Bayfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Altamont [Bayfield County].
- Wyoming
- Uinta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Altamont [Uinta County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Altamont ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Altamont:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Maricopa County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Maricopa County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Altamont could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |