Welcome to Altair ...Altair is located Altair is located in Colorado County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Altair, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Altair is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Altair lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Altair: 979 The ZIP code for Altair: 77412<3> Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Altair - it's located in Kansas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Altair. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Altair. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Altair. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Altair. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Altair. 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 Altair. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Altair. See our Newspapers Page for Altair. Looking for more information about Altair? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Altair, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Altair. We originally found mention of Altair 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 Altair was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
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