Welcome to Alden ...

Although we found mention of Alden during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Alden was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Alden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alden, please Contact Us.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Alden might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

Area Codes for Alden: 705, 249 & 683<2>

Communities Also Named Alden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Alden - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Alden ...

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

Goudreau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goudreau
Josephine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josephine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
Hawk Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Junction
Magpie Mine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magpie Mine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magpie Mine
Dubreuilville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dubreuilville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubreuilville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dubreuilville <4>
Magpie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magpie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magpie
Wanda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wanda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
Helen Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helen Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Junction
Limer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limer
Lochalsh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochalsh

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alden ...

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

Adding Alden to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Alden was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Ontario.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alden.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Alden and then turned west". While Alden could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Alden as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Alden 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.
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 705 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 249 or 683. New phone numbers in the Alden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 705, 249 or 683. As a result, placing a call in the Alden area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	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.
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	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.