Alton

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Alton

Total population

260

Median home value

$380,000

15%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$71,250

Alton$71k

National$74k

Founded

1907

Elevation2146 m

Land area5.49 km²

Coordinates37.43°, -112.51°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Alton is a town in northwest Kane County, Utah, United States. The population was 118 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the 2010 figure of 119.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Utah

• Glendale
  8.2 mi away
• Orderville
  14.4 mi away
• Hatch
  15.9 mi away
• Bryce Canyon City
  26 mi away
• Brian Head
  26.1 mi away
• Cannonville
  26.6 mi away
• Kanab
  27.1 mi away
• Tropic
  27.2 mi away
• Panguitch
  27.7 mi away
• Henrieville
  29.4 mi away
• Springdale
  32 mi away
• Cedar Highlands
  32.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Alton

Reclamation on Utah's Emery and Alton coal fields

Robert B. Ferguson · 1985

Utah's Black Hawk War

John Alton Peterson · 1998

Energy mineral rehabilitation inventory and analysis

United States. Bureau of Land Management. · 1975

The Melville family of Utah

Alton Crane Melville · 1961

Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Kolob, Alton, and Kaiparowits Plateau coal fields, south-central Utah

Gerald G. Plantz · 1984

Southwestern Utah coal fields: Alton, Kaiparowits Plateau, and Kolob-Harmony

Hellmut H. Doelling · 1972

Coal resources of part of the Alton area, Kane County, Utah

Robert E. Cohenour · 1963

Selected hydrologic data, Kolob-Alton-Kaiparowits coal-fields area, south-central Utah

Gerald G Plantz · 1983

Search results from Open Library.