Welcome to Altoga ...Altoga is located Altoga is located in Collin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Altoga, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. Altoga is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Altoga lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Altoga - it's located in Indiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Altoga. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Altoga. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Altoga. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Altoga. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Altoga. 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 Altoga. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Altoga. See our Newspapers Page for Altoga. Looking for more information about Altoga? 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 Altoga, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Altoga. We originally found mention of Altoga 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 Altoga was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
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