Alturas (disambiguation)

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Alturas is a town in Modoc County, California.

Alturas may also refer to:

Alturas, Florida Census-designated place (CDP) & Unincorporated community in Florida, United States

Alturas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Polk County, Florida, United States. Its population was 4,185 as of the 2010 census. Alturas has a post office with ZIP code 33820.

Alturas County was a county in Idaho Territory and later the state of Idaho from 1864 to 1895. It covered an area larger than the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware combined. Most present-day southern Idaho counties were created at least in part from the original Alturas County area. The name Alturas comes from a Spanish word for "mountain summits" or "mountainous heights."

Alturas Lake

Alturas Lake is an alpine lake in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, in the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately 21 miles (34 km) south of Stanley and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Ketchum. Alturas Lake can be accessed from State Highway 75 via Sawtooth National Forest road 205.

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Alturas, California City in California, United States

Alturas is a city in and the county seat of Modoc County, California. The population was 2,827 at the 2010 census.

Logan County was a county in Idaho Territory and later the state of Idaho from 1889 to 1895.

The Alturas Indian Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Achomawi Indians in California.

The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 99.1 MHz:

The Modoc Northern Railroad is a defunct railroad company that operated over 160 miles (260 km) of track in northeastern California and southern Oregon and was based in Tulelake, California. The railroad connected Klamath Falls to Alturas, California, and Lakeview, Oregon, to Alturas, California. The railroad shipped mostly timber products and some perlite from the mine and mill near Lakeview.

The Lookout Rancheria is a federal Indian reservation belonging to the Pit River Tribe, a federally recognized tribe of indigenous people of California. The ranchería is located in Modoc County in northern California.

Blaine County Courthouse (Idaho)

The Blaine County Courthouse in Hailey, Idaho is a historic building built in 1883 to serve Alturas County, which later became Blaine County. It is a three-story building that held county offices, a jail, and a courtroom, and, at $40,000 building cost, was the most expensive building in the Idaho Territory, hurting Alturas County financially. Located at 1st and Croy Sts., it was designed by Horace Greeley Knapp in Italianate style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The following television stations broadcast on digital channel 20 in the United States:

The following low-power television stations broadcast on digital or analog channel 47 in the United States:

The following low-power television stations broadcast on digital or analog channel 20 in the United States:

The following television stations operate on virtual channel 12 in the United States: