Alta is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census.
History
Alta was platted in 1872, and it was incorporated in 1878. By 1882, Alta contained three general stores, two drug stores, two grocery stores, a shoe store, two hardware stores, a meat market, two lumber dealers, two agriculture implement dealers, a bank, two furniture stores, a clothing store, a barber shop, two saloons, a music store, two jewelry stores, a restaurant, four blacksmiths, two elevators, and a gristmill.
Halvor H. Peterson (1831–1917), Wisconsin State Assemblyman and farmer, lived in Alta.
Geography
Alta is located six miles from the city of Storm Lake and is approximately seven miles from Aurelia, and is located on Highway 7.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.