Mount Alto, West Virginia

This article is about a community in West Virginia. For the mountain in Kilkenny, Ireland, see Mount Alto, Kilkenny.

Mount Alto
—  Unincorporated community  —
Mount Alto Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°51′52″N 81°52′41″W / 38.86444°N 81.87806°W / 38.86444; -81.87806Coordinates: 38°51′52″N 81°52′41″W / 38.86444°N 81.87806°W / 38.86444; -81.87806
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Jackson
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	25264[1]
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID

Mount Alto is an unincorporated community in far western Jackson County, West Virginia, USA. It lies along West Virginia Route 331 northwest of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County.^[2] Its elevation is 709 feet (216 m).^[3] Mount Alto had a post office, which closed on June 20, 2009.^[4]

United States Senator Carte Goodwin is a native of Mount Alto.

References

1. ^ United States Postal Service (2010). "USPS - ZIP Code Lookup - Search By Address". http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
2. ^ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 32-33. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Alto, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-05-31.
4. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm. Retrieved October 10, 2011.