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Welcome to Mount Alton ...

Mount Alton is located in McKean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Alton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Alton: Mt. Alton

Mount Alton is 2,070 feet [631 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mount Alton: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Mount Alton ...

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

  • Bradford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Kane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kane is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,421 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kane <4>
  • Port Allegany
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Smethport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mount Jewett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Eldred
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Limestone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Limestone is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 389 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <4>
  • Tallyho
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Tallyho is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
  • Aiken
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Aiken is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Alton ...

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

Adding Mount Alton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mount Alton post office opened in 1884. The Mount Alton post office closed in 1959.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including McKean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Alton - 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 Mount Alton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Alton 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/