Do you know of Alta Vista ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alta Vista. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Alta Vista.<1>

We found mention of Alta Vista as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Spokane County, Washington.

Communities Also Named Alta Vista ...

We found 27 communities that share the name Alta Vista.

There is one other community in Washington which is also named Alta Vista.

Beyond Washington, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In Washington ...
- Lewis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Alta Vista [Lewis County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alta Vista [Lee County].
  - Tuscaloosa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alta Vista [Tuscaloosa County].
- California
  - Alameda County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta Vista [Alameda County].
  - Inyo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta Vista [Inyo County].
  - Tulare County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta Vista [Tulare County].
- Colorado
  - El Paso County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alta Vista [El Paso County].
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alta Vista [Jefferson County].
- Florida
  - Charlotte County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Alta Vista [Charlotte County].
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Alta Vista [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alta Vista [Douglas County].
  - Muscogee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alta Vista [Muscogee County].
- Iowa
  - Chickasaw County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alta Vista [Chickasaw County].
- Kansas
  - Wabaunsee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta Vista [Wabaunsee County].
- Maryland
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Alta Vista [Montgomery County].
- Missouri
  - Daviess County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Alta Vista [Daviess County].
- New Mexico
  - San Miguel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Alta Vista [San Miguel County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alta Vista.
- Saskatchewan
  - Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Alta Vista.
- South Carolina
  - Greenville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Alta Vista [Greenville County].
  - Richland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Alta Vista [Richland County].
- Tennessee
  - Hamilton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Alta Vista [Hamilton County].
  - McMinn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Alta Vista [McMinn County].
- Texas
  - Frio County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alta Vista [Frio County].
  - Hidalgo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alta Vista [Hidalgo County].
- Utah
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Alta Vista [Salt Lake County].
  - Weber County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Alta Vista [Weber County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alta Vista ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alta Vista:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alta Vista - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Spokane County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Spokane County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Alta Vista could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.