Alton

Summary

Alton is a city in the United States^[1]. Alton ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alton is located in Hidalgo County^[3].
• Alton is in the country of United States^[4].
• Alton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[5].
• Alton's locator map image is recorded as Hidalgo County Alton.svg^[6].
• Alton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 113794^[7].
• Alton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00^[8].
• Alton's local dialing code is recorded as 956^[9].
• +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alton^[10].
• Alton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1329468^[11].
• Alton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2409687^[12].
• Alton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 26.28417, 'lon': -98.30583}^[13].
• Alton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010372^[14].
• Alton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 48-02212^[15].
• Alton's official website is recorded as http://www.alton-tx.gov/^[16].
• Alton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12341'}^[17].
• Alton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+18198'}^[18].
• Alton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alton'}^[19].
• Alton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+4566'}^[20].
• Alton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4670555^[21].
• Alton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7172913^[22].
• Alton's different from is recorded as Alton^[23].
• Alton's different from is recorded as Alton^[24].
• Alton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+49'}^[25].
• Alton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+18.884126'}^[26].
• Alton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.293229'}^[27].

Body

Founding

+1978-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alton^[10].

Identity

Alton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alton'}^[19].

Why It Matters

Alton ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).^[2] Alton has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Alton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]