Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Altura came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Altura 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 Altura. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Altura 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 Altura:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Dakotas & Minnesota
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

We found Altura in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Altura for more information.

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