Alton, Texas

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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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Alton, Texas canonical 2
Alton North, Texas 1

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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

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