Alton, Michigan

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Escanaba. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the southwest of Alton and has a population of 13,140 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Gladstone. It lies just west of Alton and has a population of 5,032 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Carney	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	212	5.78% decrease
	Chatham	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	211	8.66% decrease
	Daggett	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	253	6.3% decrease
	Garden	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	223	7.08% decrease
	Manistique	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	3,085	13.9% decrease
	Munising	N	38 mi [61.2 km]	2,311	8.98% decrease
	Norway	W	49 mi [78.9 km]	2,821	4.66% decrease
	Powers	SW	33 mi [53.1 km]	415	3.49% decrease
	Stephenson	SW	47 mi [75.6 km]	803	8.23% decrease
	Liberty Grove (WI)	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	1,794	3.44% decrease
	Sister Bay (WI)	S	49 mi [78.9 km]	867	2.14% decrease
	Washington (WI)	S	34 mi [54.7 km]	629	4.7% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Flat Rock	W	14 mi [22.53 km]
	Foster City	W	41 mi [66 km]
	Gwinn	NW	38 mi [61.2 km]
	Harvey	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]
	Indian Town	N	39 mi [62.8 km]

Delta County

Alton is located in Delta County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delta: Alger, Marquette, Menominee and Schoolcraft.

Below are counties that are near Alton (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Alton:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Alton
	Alger County	N	Trenary	21 miles [33 km]
	Dickinson County	W	Alfred	38 miles [61 km]
	Marquette County	NW	McFarland	26 miles [41 km]
	Menominee County	SW	North Escanaba	12 miles [19 km]
	Schoolcraft County	E	Cooks	19 miles [30 km]
	Door County (WI)	S	Rock Island State Park Ferry (WI)	33 miles [53 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Michigan<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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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