Do you know of Altoona ???

When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer - that's the case with Altoona.

This entry has been created as a placeholder - we hope to develop more information in the future.

This entry could be in error. It might be that our source had a mis-print, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. We hope to learn more about Altoona in the future.

We found mention of Altoona as a post office, but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Beadle County, South Dakota.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Altoona, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Communities Also Named Altoona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Altoona - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin.

Adding Altoona to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Altoona was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Altoona ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Altoona:

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Altoona - Services available: no Railroad mentioned