Alton
Alton is a census-designated place and the main village in the town of Alton, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 499 at the 2020 census, compared to 5,894 in the entire town of Alton.Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality with 501 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States
- Also known as: “Alton, New Hampshire”, “Alton, NH”, and “New Durham Gore”
- Postal code: 03809
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilman Library and Second Free Baptist Church.
Second Free Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.
The Second Free Baptist Church is a historic church building on Main Street, south of Church Street in Alton, New Hampshire, United States. It is a wood-frame structure, built in 1853–54, and is the oldest extant Italianate church in Belknap County, with a little-altered exterior.
First Congregational Church
Church
Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.
The First Congregational Church is a historic church building at 20 Church Street in Alton, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1853–54, it is one of Belknap County's finest Greek Revival churches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton Bay and New Durham.
Alton Bay
Hamlet
Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.
Alton Bay is an unincorporated community in the town of Alton in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States, and is located on Alton Bay, a 4-mile-long cove of Lake Winnipesaukee which forms the southernmost point on the lake.
New Durham
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
New Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,693 at the 2020 census. It is drained by the Merrymeeting, Cocheco and Ela rivers, and is known for Merrymeeting Lake. New Durham is situated 2½ miles southeast of Alton.
Gilmanton Ironworks
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gilmanton Ironworks is an unincorporated community in the town of Gilmanton in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located near the eastern boundary of the town, along a stretch of the Suncook River south of the outlet of Crystal Lake. Gilmanton Ironworks is situated 4½ miles southwest of Alton.
Alton
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Alton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alton”
- Chinese: “奧爾頓 (新罕布什爾州普查規定居民點)”
- Chinese: “奧爾頓”
- French: “Alton”
- German: “Alton (CDP, New Hampshire)”
- German: “Alton”
- Irish: “Alton”
- Kazakh: “Элтон”
- Ladin: “Alton”
- Persian: “آلتون (بلکناپ)”
- Persian: “آلتون، نیوهمپشایر”
- Persian: “آلتون”
- Polish: “Alton”
- Serbian: “Олтон”
- Spanish: “Alton (condado de Belknap, Nuevo Hampshire)”
- Spanish: “Alton”
- Tatar: “Олтон (сан алу урыны, Нью-Гэмпшир)”
- Tatar: “Олтон”
- Turkish: “Alton (sayım yerleşimi)”
- Ukrainian: “Олтон”
- Vietnamese: “Alton, New Hampshire”
- Vietnamese: “Alton, Tân Hampshire”
- Vietnamese: “Alton”
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