Census Data for Alta

As far as we can tell, Alta has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Alta, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Gauley Bridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gauley Bridge is located in Fayette County
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• Ansted
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ansted is located in Fayette County
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• Smithers
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Smithers is located in Fayette County
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• Montgomery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery is located in Fayette County
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• Handley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Handley is located in Kanawha County
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• Fayetteville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fayetteville is located in Fayette County
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• Pratt
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
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• Glasgow
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Glasgow is located in Kanawha County
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• Cedar Grove
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
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• East Bank
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
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• Oak Hill
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hill is located in Fayette County
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• Thurmond
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Thurmond is located in Fayette County
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  • Clay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Clay is located in Clay County
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  • Summersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Summersville is located in Nicholas County
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  • Belle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Belle is located in Kanawha County
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Fayette County ...

Alta is located in Fayette County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Fayette County.

Miscellaneous Information for Alta ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Fayette County or the community of Alta:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Alta:
  • GNIS ID for Alta: 1553719
  • GNIS ID for Fayette County: 1560095
  • GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 54 (West Virginia)
  • County Code: 019 (Fayette County)
  • Place Code: 01276 (Alta)
  • State & County Code: 54/019 (West Virginia / Fayette County)
  • State & Place Code: 54/01276 (West Virginia / Alta)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Alta is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Alta.