Do you know of Alta ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alta. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Alta.<1>

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Alta, so we are uncertain whether Alta is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Alta would be found somewhere in Johnson County, Kansas.

Communities Also Named Alta ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Alta.

There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Alta.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Harvey County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Harvey County].
- Jewell County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Jewell County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alta [Fayette County].
- California
  - Placer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta [Placer County].
  - San Diego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta [San Diego County].
- Colorado
  - San Miguel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alta [San Miguel County].
- Illinois
  - Peoria County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alta [Peoria County].
- Indiana
  - Vermillion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alta [Vermillion County].
- Iowa
  - Buena Vista County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alta [Buena Vista County].
- Kentucky
  - Ohio County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Alta [Ohio County].
- Montana
  - Jefferson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alta [Jefferson County].
  - Ravalli County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alta [Ravalli County].
- North Dakota
  - Barnes County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Alta [Barnes County].
- Ohio
  - Highland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alta [Highland County].
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alta [Richland County].
- Tennessee
  - Shelby County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Alta [Shelby County].
- Utah
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Alta [Salt Lake County].
  - Wasatch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Alta [Wasatch County].
- West Virginia
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alta [Fayette County].
  - Greenbrier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alta [Greenbrier County].
- Wyoming
  - Teton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Alta [Teton County].

More Orphans in Johnson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Johnson County.

Allendale	Lone Elm

Baptist Mission	McCamish
Bartleson	Meadow Brook
Belevue	Midway
Big Blue City	Mission Highlands
Big Bull	Missouri City
Black Bob	Missouriana
Blue Jackets Town	Monrovia
Brookridge	Morrison Ridge
Bull Creek	Moss
Burgess	Mount Auburn
	Mount Moriah
Cambridge
Campbellton	New Century
Caravan Grove	New Santa Fe
Cedar Junction
Cedar Station	Olantha
Chillicothe	Olathe Park
Chilton	Oxford
Clarksville
Corliss	Phila
Crozier	Pioneer
Cunningham Highlands	Pleasant View
	Princeton
DeSoto Junction	Province Village
Dobson
	Quaker Mission
Elizabeth	Quivira Lake
Elizabethtown
Elm Grove	Red Clover
	Romance
Gardner Lake
Gleed	Saint Leander
Glen Arbor	Schaerfftown
Glenn	Shawnee Mission
Goodman	Shawneetown
Green Springs	Sherman
	Snake Den
Haysville	South Park
Hector	Southwest Gardens
Hocker Grove
Hopewell	Tower Grove
	Turpinville
Indian Creek	Tuscarona Lake

Jerusalem	Uniontown

Lexington	Weirs
Little Bull	Wier's Station
Little Santa Fe

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Alta could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.