Census Data for Alton

As far as we can tell, Alton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Alton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Charlestown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlestown is located in Washington County
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• Hopkinton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopkinton is located in Washington County
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• Richmond
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Richmond is located in Washington County
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• Westerly
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Westerly is located in Washington County
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• North Stonington
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • North Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
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• South Kingstown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • South Kingstown is located in Washington County
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• Exeter
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Exeter is located in Washington County
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• Stonington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
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• Voluntown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Voluntown is located in New London County (CT)
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• Narragansett
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Narragansett is located in Washington County
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• West Greenwich
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • West Greenwich is located in Kent County
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• Griswold
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Griswold is located in New London County (CT)
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  • Ledyard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ledyard is located in New London County (CT)
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  • Preston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Preston is located in New London County (CT)
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  • North Kingstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
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Washington County ...

Alton is located in Washington County<1>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Washington County.

Miscellaneous Information for Alton ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Washington County or the community of Alton:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Alton:
  • GNIS ID for Alton: 1217696
  • GNIS ID for Washington County: 1219782
  • GNIS ID for State of Rhode Island: 1219835

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 44 (Rhode Island)
  • County Code: 009 (Washington County)
  • Place Code: 01000 (Alton)
  • State & County Code: 44/009 (Rhode Island / Washington County)
  • State & Place Code: 44/01000 (Rhode Island / Alton)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Alton is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #1 (the New England Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Alton.