Welcome to Alamota ...

Alamota is located in Lane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alamota, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Alamota is 2,610 feet [796 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Alamota is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Alamota: 620

Communities near Alamota ...

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

• Dighton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Dighton is located in Lane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dighton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dighton <3>
• Utica
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Utica is located in Ness County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <3>
• Beeler
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Beeler is located in Ness County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeler
• Shields
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shields is located in Lane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
• Laird
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Laird is located in Ness County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
• Amy ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Amy is located in Lane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
  • Former name for Amy:
  • Ellen
• Arnold
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Arnold is located in Ness County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
• Healy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Healy is located in Lane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Healy <3>
• Ness City
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Ness City is located in Ness County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ness City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,311 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ness City <3>
• Ravanna ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Ravanna is located in Finney County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alamota ...

Looking for more information about Alamota? 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 Alamota, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alamota.

Adding Alamota to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Alamota post office opened in 1877. The Alamota post office closed in 1989.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alamota.