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Alton may refer to:
Name
- Alton (given name)
- Alton (surname)
- The Alton family, telepathic nobility in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels
Places
Australia
- Alton National Park, in Queensland
Canada
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, Indiana
- Alton, Iowa
- Alton, Kansas
- Alton, Kentucky
- Alton, Maine
- Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota
- Alton, Missouri
- Alton, New Hampshire
- Alton, Rhode Island
- Alton, Texas
- Alton, Utah
- Alton Junction, Utah
- Alton, Virginia
- Alton, West Virginia
In 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
In 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
- Alton Steel, a steel manufacturer based in Alton, Illinois
See also
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