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Communities Also Named Alton ...

We found 35 communities that share the name Alton.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Alton is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 35 communities, three are located in Canada and 34 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Alton is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Alton.
    • Arkansas
      • Hempstead County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alton [Hempstead County].
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • This Alton is located in Humboldt County and lies 3,022 miles [4,863.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Alton.
    • Florida
      • Lafayette County
      • This Alton is located in Lafayette County and lies 1,498 miles [2,410.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Alton.
    • Georgia
      • Milton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alton [Milton County].
      • Tattnall County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alton [Tattnall County].
    • Idaho
      • Bear Lake County
      • This Alton is located in Bear Lake County and lies 2,361 miles [3,799.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bear Lake County community of Alton.
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Alton is located in Madison County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Alton.
    • Indiana
      • Crawford County
      • This Alton is located in Crawford County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Alton.
    • Iowa
      • Sioux County
      • This Alton is located in Sioux County and lies 1,618 miles [2,603.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sioux County community of Alton.
    • Kansas
      • Lyon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alton [Lyon County].
      • Osborne County
      • This Alton is located in Osborne County and lies 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osborne County community of Alton.
      • Sumner 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 Alton [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Anderson County
      • This Alton is located in Anderson County and lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Alton.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Alton [Concordia Parish].
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Alton is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,758 miles [2,829.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Alton.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Alton is located in Penobscot County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Alton.
    • Michigan
      • Delta County
      • This Alton is located in Delta County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Alton.
      • Kent County
      • This Alton is located in Kent County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Alton.
    • Minnesota
      • Faribault County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Alton [Faribault County].
    • Missouri
      • Oregon County
      • This Alton is located in Oregon County and lies 1,568 miles [2,523.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Alton.
    • Montana
      • Glacier County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Glacier County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glacier County community of Alton.
    • New Hampshire
      • Belknap County
      • This Alton is located in Belknap County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belknap County community of Alton.
    • New York
      • Wayne County
      • This Alton is located in Wayne County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Alton.
    • North Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Alton is located in Union County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Alton.
    • North Dakota
      • Traill County
      • This Alton is located in Traill County and lies 1,604 miles [2,581.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Traill County community of Alton.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Alton is located in Franklin County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Alton.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alton.
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Alton [McKean County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Alton is located in Washington County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Alton.
    • Texas
      • Denton County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Denton County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Alton.
      • Hidalgo County
      • This Alton is located in Hidalgo County and lies 2,328 miles [3,746.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Alton.
    • Utah
      • Kane County
      • This Alton is located in Kane County and lies 2,565 miles [4,128 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Alton.
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This Alton is located in Halifax County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Alton.
    • West Virginia
      • Upshur County
      • This Alton is located in Upshur County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Alton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alton ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Cloverdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cloverdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Coldstream
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Forest Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Green Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
  • Green Oaks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Oaks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oaks
  • Lanesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
  • Lower Pleasant Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Pleasant Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Pleasant Valley
  • Roseland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland

How Far From Alton to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alton and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Alton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,778 miles [9,298.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,654 miles [5,880.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1898, Longitude: -63.3033    
<2>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 Alton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Alton 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 . 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.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Alton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.723 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.20 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.284 degrees.




 

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