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Welcome to East Alton ...

East Alton is located in Belknap County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Alton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for East Alton: E. Alton

East Alton is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Alton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for East Alton: 603

Communities Also Named East Alton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Alton - it's located in Illinois.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Alton.

Communities near East Alton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Alton.

  • Rochester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Laconia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Belmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Gilford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilford
    • Gilford is located in Belknap County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,278 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilford <3>
  • Farmington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Meredith
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meredith have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • Meredith is located in Belknap County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,476 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meredith <3>
  • Wolfeboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lebanon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
    • Lebanon is located in York County (ME)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <3>
  • Alton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Alton is located in Belknap County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <3>
  • Wakefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Alton ...

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

Adding East Alton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Alton 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 for East Alton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Alton post office opened in 1837.

We also found East Alton in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Alton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Belknap, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Alton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/