Alton

Alton may refer to:

People

• Alton (given name)
• Alton (surname)

Places

Australia

• Alton National Park, in Queensland

Belize

• Altun Ha. ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize

Canada

• Alton, Ontario
• Alton, Nova Scotia
• North Alton, Nova Scotia
• South Alton, Nova Scotia

New Zealand

• Alton, New Zealand, in Taranaki

United Kingdom

• Alton, Derbyshire, England
• Alton, Hampshire, England
  • Alton College, Hampshire, England
• Alton, Leicestershire, England
• Alton, Staffordshire, England
  • Alton Castle, presently a Catholic youth retreat centre
  • Alton Towers, theme park
• Alton, Wiltshire, England
• Alton Estate, Roehampton, Greater London, England
• Alton Water, a manmade reservoir in Suffolk

United States

• Alton, Alabama, an unincorporated community
• Alton, California
• Alton, Florida
• Alton, Illinois
  • Alton National Cemetery
• Alton, Indiana
• Alton, Iowa
• Alton, Kansas
• Alton, Kentucky
• Alton, Maine
• Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota
• Alton, Missouri
• Alton, New Hampshire
• Alton, New York
• Alton, Rhode Island
• Alton, Texas
• Alton, Utah
• Alton, Virginia
• Alton, West Virginia

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 line, a railway line in southeast England
• Alton station (Illinois), an Amtrak station in Alton, Illinois
• Alton railway station, in Alton, Hampshire, England
• Alton Towers railway station, in Alton, Staffordshire, England
• Alton Junction, a railroad junction in Chicago, Illinois
• Alton Junction, Utah, a highway junction in Utah

Other uses

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

See also

• D'Alton