Alton
Alton is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 18,198 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 12,300 residents
- Description: city in Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Alton, Texas” and “Alton, TX”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton North and Palmhurst.
Alton North
Hamlet
Alton North is a former census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,051 at the 2000 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Palmhurst
Town
Palmhurst is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,607 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. Palmhurst is situated 2 miles south of Alton.
Doffing
Town
Doffing is a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,091 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area. Doffing is situated 4½ miles west of Alton.
Alton
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Hidalgo, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.28713° or 26° 17′ 14″ northLongitude
-98.31378° or 98° 18′ 50″ westPopulation
12,300Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
76R37MPP+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 151515413OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
4670555Wikidata ID
Q980543
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Alton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألطون”
- Basque: “Alton”
- Cebuano: “Alton”
- Chechen: “Олтон (Идальго гуо, Техас)”
- Chechen: “Олтон”
- Chinese: “Alton”
- Croatian: “Alton”
- Czech: “Alton”
- Danish: “Alton”
- Dutch: “Alton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الطون”
- French: “Alton”
- German: “Alton”
- Gilaki: “آلتن”
- Haitian: “Alton, Texas”
- Haitian: “Alton”
- Irish: “Alton”
- Italian: “Alton”
- Korean: “올턴”
- Ladin: “Alton”
- Malagasy: “Alton, Texas”
- Malagasy: “Alton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alton”
- Persian: “آلتن”
- Persian: “التن”
- Polish: “Alton”
- Portuguese: “Alton”
- Serbian: “Олтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alton, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alton”
- Slovak: “Alton”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلتن”
- Spanish: “Alton (Texas)”
- Spanish: “Alton”
- Tatar: “Олтон (округ Идальго, Техас)”
- Tatar: “Олтон”
- Turkish: “Alton, Teksas”
- Turkish: “Alton”
- Ukrainian: “Олтон”
- Urdu: “الٹن، ٹیکساس”
- Urdu: “الٹن”
- Uzbek: “Alton”
- Uzbek: “Алтон”
- Vietnamese: “Alton, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “Alton”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alton, Texas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alton”
- Welsh: “Alton, Texas”
- Welsh: “Alton”
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Localities in the Area
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