Alto Columbia County, Washington
Mapped Location
Alto: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Alto
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Alto
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Alto | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Alto
References to Alto that document the origin of its place name
ALTO, a town in Columbia County, eleven or twelve miles northeast of Dayton. The railroad engineer gave the name because it was the summit of the divide between Whetstone Hollow and Tucanon.
Columbia County
- Alto
- Baileysburg
- Covello
- City of Dayton
- Delaney
- Dumas
- Grange City (historical)
- Huntsville
- Jackson
- Long
- Marengo
- McKay
- Menoken
- Mountain Home Park
- Mountain Top
- Patit
- Powers
- Relief
- Ronan
- Town of Starbuck
- Tucannon
- Turner
- Varna
- Whetstone
- Wild Goose (historical)
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-02-05