Altamont
Deuel · USGS GNIS name record 1253633
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These Census tracts have reference points near Altamont. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 9537 ↗
Deuel County · SD
- Population
- 1,488
- Median home value
- $169,900
Census tract 9536 ↗
Deuel County · SD
- Population
- 2,840
- Median home value
- $224,400
Census tract 9541 ↗
Codington County · SD
- Population
- 3,508
- Median home value
- $315,700
Census tract 9702 ↗
Yellow Medicine County · MN
- Population
- 2,270
- Median home value
- $148,300
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Altamont ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Named by the surveyor who laid out the town site, because of the hilly country surrounding it. (SD-T83/p. 36) Another theory states that this community was named for the person whose farm the town was established on, Ed Altamont. The town was platted in 1880 by the Western Town Lot Company. (SD-T17/p46) Incorporated in 1903.
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
SHA-256 20c96936a3ba430b345eed1c7395b6aab52875aac8e1e2905fab37b388cab381
SHA-256 45ad8d56b3bb4990ad8105cdda15ee7d2f07afd6941afe75b783f29b02723697
SHA-256 919fac887628b8547ec1b24fae319522a9481a56909c3914d1e0a2b56783147c