Alton, West Virginia

Alton
Unincorporated community
Alton Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°49′9″N 80°12′50″W / 38.81917°N 80.21389°W / 38.81917; -80.21389Coordinates: 38°49′9″N 80°12′50″W / 38.81917°N 80.21389°W / 38.81917; -80.21389
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Upshur
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Alton is an unincorporated community on the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.

Alton is located at the junction of County Routes 32 and 11/9. The community was originally known as Pringles Mill after the local Pringle family, descendents of John and Samuel Pringle. The Pringle brothers became popular in West Virginia folklore when they took up residence in a sycamore tree and lived there until the fall of 1767, when John went back to the South Branch Potomac River valley and learned that the French and Indian War was over and that they were no longer wanted as deserters.

Municipalities and communities of Upshur County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Buckhannon

City	Buckhannon

Unincorporated communities	Abbott Adrian Alexander Alton Arlington Atlas Beans Mill Canaan Carter Craddock Daysville Deanville Eden Ellamore‡ Excelsior Five Forks Freeman French Creek Frenchton Gaines Gale Goodwin Gormley Goshen Gould Hampton Heavener Grove Hemlock Hinkleville Hodgesville Holly Grove Hoover Town Imperial Ingo Ivy Kanawha Head Kedron Kesling Mill Lorentz McCuetown Midvale Nebo Newlonton Overhill Palace Valley Post Mill Queens Red Rock Reger Rock Cave Rocky Ford Ruraldale Sago Sand Run Selbyville Shahan South Buckhannon Swamp Run Tallmansville Tenmile Tennerton Teter Vegan White Oak Wilsontown Yokum Zion

Ghost town	Post Mill

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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