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Welcome to Alton Park ...

Alton Park is located in Hamilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alton Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Alton Park is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Alton Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Alton Park (for example, toward New Hope), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Alton Park: 423 & 729<3>

Communities Also Named Alton Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Alton Park - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alton Park.

Communities near Alton Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alton Park.

  • Newnan Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Newnan Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnan Springs
    • Estimated population in 2019: 41,581 people
  • Lytle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lytle is located in Walker County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 37,115 people
  • East Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • East Brainerd
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • East Brainerd is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brainerd
  • Soddy - Daisy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Middle Valley Estates
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Middle Valley Estates is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Valley Estates
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 12,684 people
  • Red Bank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Collegedale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Fort Oglethorpe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Signal Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alton Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alton Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alton Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alton Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alton Park. See our Newspapers Page for Alton Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alton Park ...

Looking for more information about Alton Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alton Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alton Park.

Adding Alton Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alton Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Alton Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Alton Park post office opened in 1895. The Alton Park post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alton Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alton Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Alton Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Alton Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/