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Welcome to Alma City ...

Alma City is located in Waseca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alma City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Alma City is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Alma City: 507 & 924<3>

Communities near Alma City ...

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

  • Mankato
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mankato is located in Blue Earth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankato
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mankato <4>
  • North Mankato
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Waseca
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Eagle Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Janesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Wells
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Wells is located in Faribault County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,157 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <4>
  • Waterville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mapleton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • New Richland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alma City ...

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

Adding Alma City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alma City 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 Alma City was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alma City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Waseca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alma City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Alma City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Alma City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.