Welcome to North Alton ...

North Alton is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Alton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

A typical abbreviation for North Alton: N. Alton

North Alton is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: North Alton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named North Alton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Alton - it's located in Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near North Alton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Alton.

• Florissant
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
• University City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • University City is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
• Granite City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Granite City is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,959 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite City <3>
• Edwardsville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Edwardsville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,189 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <3>
• Hazelwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazelwood is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,042 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazelwood <3>
• Ferguson
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
• Overland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Overland is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,502 people
• Jennings
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
• Glen Carbon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Carbon is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Carbon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,887 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Carbon <3>
• Saint Ann
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Ann is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,583 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Ann <3>

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 North Alton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Alton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Alton. 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 North Alton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Alton. See our Newspapers Page for North Alton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Alton ...

Looking for more information about North Alton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to North Alton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for North Alton.

Adding North Alton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Alton 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 North Alton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the North Alton post office opened in 1876. The North Alton post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Alton.