Alton, Texas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is McAllen. It lies just southeast of Alton and has a population of 106,414 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Harlingen. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the east of Alton and has a population of 57,564 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alamo	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	16,608	12.52% increase
	Donna	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	17,094	15.75% increase
	Edinburg	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	71,520	47.57% increase
	Elsa	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	6,624	19.37% increase
	Hidalgo	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	11,984	63.67% increase
	La Feria	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	7,023	14.85% increase
	Mercedes	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	15,131	10.86% increase
	Mission	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	67,119	47.81% increase
	Pharr	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	65,258	39.86% increase
	Raymondville	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	9,522	2.17% decrease
	Rio Grande City	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	13,950	17% increase
	Roma	W	44 mi [70.8 km]	11,257	17.05% increase
	San Benito	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	25,072	6.94% increase
	San Juan	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	33,970	29.51% increase
	Weslaco	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	33,354	23.83% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aloha Village Colonia	NW	Less than 2 mi	---
	Alton North	NE	Less than 2 mi	---
	Cesar Chavez	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Citrus City	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Doffing	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Gate City Acres Colonia	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Granjeno	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	304	2.88% decrease
	La Joya	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	4,795	45.17% increase
	Lopezville	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Palmhurst	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	4,988	2.38% increase
	Palmview South	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Palmview	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	5,502	33.97% increase
	Penitas	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,181	1.2% increase
	Seminary Village Colonia	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	West Sharyland	SW	Less than 2 mi	---

Hidalgo County

Alton is located in Hidalgo County.

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
	Brooks County	N	Hartland	38 miles [61 km]
	Cameron County	E	Alto Real Colonia	29 miles [46 km]
	Starr County	W	Nina Colonia	16 miles [25 km]
	Willacy County	NE	Lasara	27 miles [43 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<3>

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