Alton may refer to:

People

  • Alton (given name)
  • Alton (surname)

Places

Australia

  • Alton National Park, Queensland
  • Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne

Canada

  • Alton, Ontario
  • Alton, Nova Scotia

New Zealand

  • Alton, New Zealand, in Taranaki

United Kingdom

  • Alton, Derbyshire, England
  • Alton, Hampshire, England
  • Alton Abbey
  • Alton College
  • Alton, Leicestershire, England
  • Alton, Staffordshire, England
  • Alton Castle, presently a Catholic youth retreat centre
  • Alton Towers, theme park, formerly a country estate Alton Mansion<!--second link ok-->
  • Alton, Wiltshire, England, a civil parish
  • Alton, a hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire
  • Alton Estate, Roehampton, Greater London, England
  • Alton Water, a manmade reservoir in Suffolk

United States

  • Alton, Alabama, an unincorporated community
  • Alton, California, an unincorporated community
  • Alton, Florida, an unincorporated community
  • Alton, Illinois, a city
  • Alton, Indiana, a town
  • Alton, Iowa, a city
  • Alton, Kansas, a city
  • Alton, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Alton, Maine, a town
  • Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota
  • Alton, Michigan, an unincorporated community
  • Alton, Missouri, a city
  • Alton, New Hampshire, a New England town
  • Alton (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town
  • Alton, New York, a hamlet
  • Alton, Rhode Island, a village
  • Alton, Texas, a city
  • Alton, Utah, a town
  • Alton, Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Alton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

History

  • First Battle of Alton, 1001
  • Treaty of Alton, signed in 1101 by Henry I of England and his older brother Robert, Duke of Normandy
  • Battle of Alton, fought in 1643 during the English Civil War

Transportation

  • Alton Railroad, a railroad linking Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City, Missouri
  • Alton station (Illinois), an Amtrak station in Alton, Illinois
  • Alton Junction, a railroad junction in Chicago, Illinois
  • Alton line, a railway line in southeast England
  • Alton railway station, in Alton, Hampshire, England
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, Hampshire, England
  • Alton Park railway station serving Lord Mayor Treloar's hospital near Alton, Hampshire, England
  • Alton Towers railway station, in Alton, Staffordshire, England; formerly Alton station
  • Alton Junction, Utah, a highway junction in Utah
  • Alton station (Iowa), a Chicago & North Western station in Alton, Iowa

Other uses

  • Alton Steel, a steel manufacturer based in Alton, Illinois
  • The Alton family, in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels

See also

  • North Alton, Nova Scotia
  • South Alton, Nova Scotia
  • D'Alton
  • Altun Ha, ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize
  • Elton (disambiguation)