Welcome to Altamont ...

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

We've added Altamont to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Altamont - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Altamont, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Altamont , we believe that it would have been located within present day Shelby County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Altamont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868.

Time Zone: The area where Altamont was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Altamont was located: 712

Communities Also Named Altamont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Altamont - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Adding Altamont to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Altamont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Altamont post office opened in 1868.

We also found Altamont in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Altamont.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Shelby County: www.shco.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 Altamont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/