Altonah, Utah

Altonah, Utah
Unincorporated community
Altonah Location within the state of Utah
Coordinates: 40°24′5″N 110°17′38″W / 40.40139°N 110.29389°WCoordinates: 40°24′5″N 110°17′38″W / 40.40139°N 110.29389°W
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Duchesne
Settled	1906
Elevation	6,673 ft (2,034 m)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes	84002
GNIS feature ID	1425097[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1920	626		—
1930	528		−15.7%
1940	592		12.1%
1950	363		−38.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau[2]

Altonah (also Altona) is an unincorporated community in central Duchesne County, Utah, United States, and on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. It lies along local roads north of State Route 87, north of the city of Duchesne, the county seat of Duchesne County.^[3] Its elevation is 6,673 feet (2,034 m).^[1] Although Altonah is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84002.^[4]

Altonah was originally settled in 1906, under the name of Alexander. It was renamed in 1912.^[5]

References

1. "Altonah, Utah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
2. "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
3. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 103.
4. Zip Code Lookup
5. Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-87480-345-4.