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<div>{{wiktionary|Alton}}<br />
'''Alton''' may refer to:<br />
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==People==<br />
*[[Alton (given name)]]<br />
*[[Alton (surname)]]<br />
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==Places==<br />
===Australia===<br />
*[[Alton National Park]], Queensland<br />
*[[Alton, Queensland]], a town in the Shire of Balonne<br />
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===Canada===<br />
*[[Alton, Ontario]]<br />
*[[Alton, Nova Scotia]]<br />
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===New Zealand===<br />
*[[Alton, New Zealand]], in Taranaki<br />
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===United Kingdom===<br />
*[[Alton, Derbyshire]], England<br />
*[[Alton, Hampshire]], England<br />
**[[Alton Abbey]]<br />
**[[Alton College]]<br />
*[[Alton, Leicestershire]], England<br />
*[[Alton, Staffordshire]], England<br />
**[[Alton Castle]], presently a Catholic youth retreat centre<br />
**[[Alton Towers]], theme park, formerly a country estate [[History of Alton Towers|Alton Mansion]]<!--second link ok--><br />
*[[Alton, Wiltshire]], England, a civil parish<br />
* Alton, a hamlet in [[Figheldean]] parish, Wiltshire<br />
*[[Alton Estate]], Roehampton, Greater London, England<br />
*[[Alton Water]], a manmade reservoir in Suffolk<br />
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===United States===<br />
*[[Alton, Alabama]], an unincorporated community<br />
*[[Alton, California]], an unincorporated community<br />
*[[Alton, Florida]], an unincorporated community<br />
*[[Alton, Illinois]], a city<br />
*[[Alton, Indiana]], a town<br />
*[[Alton, Iowa]], a city<br />
*[[Alton, Kansas]], a city<br />
*[[Alton, Kentucky]], an unincorporated community<br />
*[[Alton, Maine]], a town<br />
*[[Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota]]<br />
*[[Alton, Missouri]], a city<br />
*[[Alton, New Hampshire]], a New England town<br />
**[[Alton (CDP), New Hampshire]], the main village in the town<br />
*[[Alton, New York]], a hamlet<br />
*[[Alton, Rhode Island]], a village<br />
*[[Alton, Texas]], a city<br />
*[[Alton, Utah]], a town<br />
*[[Alton, Virginia]], an unincorporated community<br />
*[[Alton, West Virginia]], an unincorporated community<br />
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==History==<br />
*[[First Battle of Alton]], 1001<br />
*[[Treaty of Alton]], signed in 1101 by Henry I of England and his older brother Robert, Duke of Normandy<br />
*[[Battle of Alton]], fought in 1643 during the English Civil War<br />
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==Transportation==<br />
*[[Alton Railroad]], a railroad linking Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City, Missouri<br />
*[[Alton line]], a railway line in southeast England<br />
*[[Alton station (Illinois)]], an Amtrak station in Alton, Illinois<br />
*[[Alton railway station]], in Alton, Hampshire, England<br />
*[[Alton Towers railway station]], in Alton, Staffordshire, England; formerly Alton station<br />
*[[Alton Junction]], a railroad junction in Chicago, Illinois<br />
*[[Alton Junction, Utah]], a highway junction in Utah<br />
*[[Alton station (Iowa)]], a Chicago & North Western station in Alton, Iowa<br />
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==Other uses==<br />
*[[Alton Steel]], a steel manufacturer based in Alton, Illinois<br />
*The Alton family, in Marion Zimmer Bradley's [[Darkover series#Alton|Darkover novels]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[North Alton, Nova Scotia]]<br />
*[[South Alton, Nova Scotia]]<br />
*[[D'Alton]]<br />
*[[Altun Ha]], ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize<br />
*[[Elton (disambiguation)]]<br />
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