Alta, Indiana
title: "Alta, Indiana" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["unincorporated-communities-in-vermillion-county,-indiana", "unincorporated-communities-in-indiana", "terre-haute-metropolitan-area"] topic_path: "geography/india" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta,_Indiana" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Alta, Indiana |
| settlement_type | Unincorporated community |
| image_map | Map of Indiana highlighting Vermillion County.svg |
| mapsize | 150px |
| map_caption | Vermillion County's location in Indiana |
| dot_x | |
| pushpin_map | USA Indiana Vermillion County |
| pushpin_label | Alta |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Vermillion County |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | United States |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Indiana |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Vermillion |
| subdivision_type3 | Township |
| subdivision_name3 | Helt |
| timezone | Eastern (EST) |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 153 |
| elevation_ft | 502 |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code_type | ZIP code |
| postal_code | 47854 |
| area_code | 765 |
| blank_name | GNIS feature ID |
| blank_info | 430118 |
| :: |
|name = Alta, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =
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|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Vermillion County.svg |mapsize = 150px |map_caption = Vermillion County's location in Indiana |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = USA Indiana Vermillion County |pushpin_label = Alta |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Vermillion County |pushpin_mapsize =
|subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Vermillion |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Helt |established_title = |established_date =
|timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 153 |elevation_ft = 502 |coordinates =
|postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 47854 |area_code = 765 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 430118 |website = |footnotes = Alta is an unincorporated community in Helt Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
The town was laid out in 1871. The name probably refers to "elevation".{{cite book |last = Baker |first = Ronald L. |author2 = Marvin Carmony |title = Indiana Place Names |publisher = Indiana University Press |year = 1975 |page = 3 |isbn = 0-253-14167-2}}
Geography
Alta is located half a mile west of the Wabash River and about half a mile south of the town of Hillsdale, around the intersection of county roads 775 South and 400 East. A north-south CSX railroad line runs just east of Alta.
References
References
- (October 25, 2007). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
- "Alta, Indiana". [[United States Geological Survey]].
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