Alto

Ghost town · Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Agus Caliente quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1922, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Alto is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, recorded as human settlement in Arizona, United States of America. It is one of 11 former communities in Santa Cruz County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Alto as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 31.6101° N, 110.8720° W.

Key facts

Elevation	4,697 ft
Nearest living town	Patagonia, AZ
Distance to it	8.7 miles
Coordinates	31.61010, -110.87200

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What's there now

Alto is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Patagonia, AZ (population 882), about 8.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,697 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

The adobe ruins of the Josiah Bond house in the ghost town of Alto, Arizona. One room of the house was used as a local post office between 1907 and 1933. · The Old Pueblo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby places

Salero
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 2.2 mi
Sotos Crossing
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 9.8 mi
Calabasas
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 11.6 mi
Kentucky Camp
ghost town · Pima County · 12.2 mi
Harshaw
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 13.9 mi
Helvetia
ghost town · Pima County · 17.8 mi
Washington Camp
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 19.6 mi
Duquesne
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 19.8 mi
Canelo
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 21.6 mi
Cerro Colorado
ghost town · Pima County · 23.8 mi
Ruby
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 23.9 mi
Lochiel
ghost town · Santa Cruz County · 24 mi

Questions

Where is Alto?

Alto is in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, at 31.6101, -110.8720.

How many ghost towns are in Santa Cruz County?

Santa Cruz County, Arizona has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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