Welcome to Alto ...
So far, we have found very little information about Alto. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Alto to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Alto - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Alto, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Alto, we believe that it would have been located within present day Jasper County<2>.
Alto was settled in 1854.
Time Zone: The area where Alto was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Alto would have been located in the (601) and (769)<3> area codes.
Communities Also Named Alto ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are 18 communities that are also named Alto - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota (2), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alto.
Adding Alto to Our Gazetteer ...
Our notes show that the earliest dated mention that we've found for Alto was in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Alto on a map titled Rand McNally Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).
For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for Alto on our Genealogy Page.
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Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Area code (769) is an overlay for area code (601). |