Do you know of Alta ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alta. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Alta.
We found mention of Alta as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Shelby County, Tennessee.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Communities Also Named Alta ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Alta.
Within Tennessee, the name Alta is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alta [Fayette County].
- California
- Colorado
- San Miguel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alta [San Miguel County].
- Illinois
- Peoria County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alta [Peoria County].
- Indiana
- Vermillion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alta [Vermillion County].
- Iowa
- Buena Vista County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alta [Buena Vista County].
- Kansas
- Harvey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Harvey County].
- Jewell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Jewell County].
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
- Montana
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alta [Jefferson County].
- Ravalli County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alta [Ravalli County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Teton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Alta [Teton County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alta ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alta:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alta - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Shelby County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Shelby County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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. |