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Welcome to Almota ...

Almota is located in Whitman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Almota, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Almota is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Almota lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Almota: 509

Communities near Almota ...

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

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 Almota. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Almota.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Almota. 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 Almota.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Almota ...

Looking for more information about Almota? 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 Almota, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Almota.

Adding Almota to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Almota 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 Almota was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Almota post office opened in 1878. The Almota post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Almota.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whitman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Almota - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/