Alton, Texas

E348292
city municipality

Alton, Texas is a small city in Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas, known as a growing suburban community near McAllen.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alton, Texas canonical 2
Alton North, Texas 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 956 ⓘ
busCrashDate September 21, 1989 ⓘ
busCrashDeaths 21 ⓘ
busCrashDescription school bus plunged into caliche pit filled with water after collision with truck ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Hidalgo County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Hispanic or Latino population ⓘ
economicCharacter bedroom community for McAllen area ⓘ
elevation 174 feet ⓘ
53 meters ⓘ
FIPSCode 48-02252 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1329444 ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
incorporated 1978 ⓘ
latitude 26.287 ⓘ
locatedIn Rio Grande valley ⓘ
surface form: Rio Grande Valley

South Texas ⓘ
locatedNear U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
longitude -98.306 ⓘ
majorHighway Farm to Market Road 676 ⓘ
Texas State Highway 107 ⓘ
near McAllen, Texas ⓘ
notableEvent 1989 Alton school bus–truck collision ⓘ
partOf McAllen–Edinburg–Mission metropolitan area ⓘ
population 12198 ⓘ
19229 ⓘ
4125 ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2000 ⓘ
2010 ⓘ
2020 ⓘ
postalCode 78573 ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
publicSafety Alton Fire Department ⓘ
Alton Police Department ⓘ
region Rio Grande valley ⓘ
surface form: Lower Rio Grande Valley
regionCode Texas ⓘ
surface form: US-TX
schoolDistrict Mission Consolidated Independent School District ⓘ
Sharyland Independent School District ⓘ
settlementType suburban community ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Daylight Time

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mission, Texas → adjacentTo → Alton, Texas ⓘ
Hidalgo County metropolitan area → hasCity → Alton, Texas ⓘ
Hidalgo County metropolitan area → hasCity → Alton, Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton North, Texas