Alton

Alton may refer to:

People

 * Alton (given name)
 * Alton (surname)

Australia

 * Alton National Park, Queensland
 * Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne

Canada

 * Alton, Ontario
 * Alton, Nova Scotia

New Zealand

 * Alton, New Zealand, in Taranaki

United Kingdom

 * Alton, Derbyshire, England
 * Alton, Hampshire, England
 * Alton Abbey
 * Alton College
 * Alton, Leicestershire, England
 * Alton, Staffordshire, England
 * Alton Castle, presently a Catholic youth retreat centre
 * Alton Towers, theme park, formerly a country estate Alton Mansion
 * 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, an unincorporated community
 * Alton, Florida, an unincorporated community
 * Alton, Illinois, a city
 * Alton, Indiana, a town
 * Alton, Iowa, a city
 * Alton, Kansas, a city
 * Alton, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
 * Alton, Maine, a town
 * Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota
 * Alton, Missouri, a city
 * Alton, New Hampshire, a New England town
 * Alton (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town
 * Alton, New York, a hamlet
 * Alton, Rhode Island, a village
 * Alton, Texas, a city
 * Alton, Utah, a town
 * Alton, Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Alton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

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; formerly Alton station
 * 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