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Welcome to East Altoona ...

East Altoona is located in Blair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Altoona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

A typical abbreviation for East Altoona: E. Altoona

East Altoona is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Altoona: 814 & 582<3>

Websites for East Altoona ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blairchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to East Altoona, the following might be of interest:

Communities near East Altoona ...

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

  • Huntingdon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Hollidaysburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tyrone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebensburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Roaring Spring
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Portage
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Martinsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bellwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Patton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Cresson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Altoona ...

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

Adding East Altoona to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Altoona post office opened in 1908. The East Altoona post office closed in 1928.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Blair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Altoona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the East Altoona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the East Altoona area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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