Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Altamont came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Altamont in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Altamont. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Altamont data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Altamont:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Dakotas & Minnesota
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for South Dakota (1949)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Altamont is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Altamont in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Altamont for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Altamont. See our Misc Page for Altamont for more information.