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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.

We found mention of Alta as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Barnes County, North Dakota.

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.

Communities Also Named Alta ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Alta.

Within North Dakota, the name Alta is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • 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].
    • Kansas
      • Harvey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Jewell County].
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Johnson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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.<1> 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].
    • Ohio
      • Highland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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.<1> 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].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alta ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alta:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alta - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Barnes 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 Barnes County.

AldermanHobart
Algeo 
 Lanona
Barnes 
BoothMinnie Lake
  
CliveOakville
  
EllsburySvea
 Svenby
Frazier 
 Uxbridge

Footnotes ...

<1>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.









 

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