Welcome to Alta ...
So far, we found very little information about Alta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Alta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Alta - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Alta, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Alta , we believe that it would have been located within present day Wasatch County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Alta, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1890.
Time Zone: The area where Alta was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Alta still existed, it would have been in the (435) area code.
Communities Also Named Alta ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Utah communities named Alta: This one is located in Wasatch County and the other is located in Salt Lake County.
Beyond Utah, there are 21 communities that are also named Alta - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Montana (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Tennessee, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alta.
Adding Alta to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Alta was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1890.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Alta.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wasatch County: www.co.wasatch.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Wasatch, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |