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Alton, Kansas

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The city of Alton is located in Osborne County.

Alton is 500 feet [152.4 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Alton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Alton can be found in:

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 Arkansas (historic<2>)New Hampshire
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 FloridaNorth Carolina
 Georgia (historic)North Dakota
 IdahoNova Scotia
 IllinoisOhio
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 KentuckyRhode Island
 Louisiana (historic)Texas (historic)
 MaineUtah
 MichiganVirginia
 MissouriWest Virginia

At the time of the 2000 Census, Alton had a population of 117 people<3> (or 2.64% of the total population of Osborne County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Alton had a population of 102 people. This is a decrease of 12.82% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Alton.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
2008102-12.82%-1.92% since 2007
2007104-11.11%-1.89% since 2006
2006106-9.4%-0.93% since 2005
2005107-8.55% 
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2000117The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Athol   N20 mi [32.19 km]4413.73% decrease
 Cedar   N13 mi [20.92 km]2215.38% decrease
 Downs   E21 mi [33.8 km]88314.93% decrease
 Gaylord   NE13 mi [20.92 km]12017.24% decrease
 Kirwin   NW16 mi [25.75 km]2079.61% decrease
 Natoma   S19 mi [30.58 km]30816.08% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Alton.


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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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 RV Repair     Churches    
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  RV Parts     Schools    
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  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Alton? Please visit the Map Page for Alton.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alton - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alton, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Alton.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Alton and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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