Census Data for Alton
As far as we can tell, Alton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Alton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Montpelier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Laketown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Bear Lake County ...
Alton is located in Bear Lake County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Bear Lake County.
Miscellaneous Information for Alton ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Bear Lake County or the community of Alton:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Alton:
- GNIS ID for Alton: 396034
- GNIS ID for Bear Lake County: 395090
- GNIS ID for State of Idaho: 1779783
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 16 (Idaho)
- County Code: 007 (Bear Lake County)
- Place Code: 01780 (Alton)
- State & County Code: 16/007 (Idaho / Bear Lake County)
- State & Place Code: 16/01780 (Idaho / Alton)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Alton is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Alton.
Footnotes ...
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<2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bear Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |