Welcome to Alton ...Alton is located in Halifax County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Alton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. When the people of Alton refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Altonian<2> Alton is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Alton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Alton: 434 The ZIP code for Alton: 24520<4> Communities Also Named Alton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 37 communities that are also named Alton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas (2), Utah and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alton. Websites for Alton ...Chamber of Commerce: www.halifaxchamber.net/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Alton, the following might be of interest: Communities near Alton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alton.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alton. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alton. See our Newspapers Page for Alton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alton ...Looking for more information about Alton? 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 Alton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Alton. Adding Alton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Alton 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Alton. Footnotes ...
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