Census Data for Alta Vista ...
Although we found mention of Alta Vista during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..
One piece of information that we would especially like to find is the location (ie- GPS coordinates) of Alta Vista. If you can help us locate Alta Vista, please Contact Us.
As far as we can tell, Alta Vista 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 Alta Vista, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
Richland County ...
Alta Vista is located in Richland County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Richland County.
Miscellaneous Information for Alta Vista ...
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 Richland County or the community of Alta Vista:
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 45 (South Carolina)
- County Code: 079 (Richland County)
- Place Code: 01180 (Alta Vista)
- State & County Code: 45/079 (South Carolina / Richland County)
- State & Place Code: 45/01180 (South Carolina / Alta Vista)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Alta Vista is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Alta Vista.
Other Roadside Stops ...
Visit our Community Index for South Carolina
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Richland County: www.richlandonline.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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 north past Alta Vista and then turned west". While Alta Vista could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Alta Vista 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 Alta Vista 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 county. 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. Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Alta Vista: This one is located in Richland County and the other is located in Greenville County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alta Vista. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Richland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |