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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>.

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.<3> In other words, the altitude 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

The Area Codes where Altona was located: 303, 720 & 983<4>

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)
  • Longmont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Broomfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Erie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Erie is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <5>
  • Lafayette
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Louisville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Firestone
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Superior
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Frederick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Berthoud
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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 (so far) for Altona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Altona post office opened in 1879. The Altona post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Altona.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Altona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Boulder, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Altona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 303 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 720 or 983. New phone numbers in the Altona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the Altona area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/