Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about North Alton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of North Alton in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about North Alton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our North Alton data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for North Alton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

North Alton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for North Alton. See our Misc Page for North Alton for more information.