Alta, California

Alta, California

Alta is a small unincorproated community in Placer County, California, United States, about convert|30|mi|km|0 northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First Transcontinental Railroad. The ZIP code is 95701 and the area code 530.

A historical California place once named "Alta" was located in San Diego County [United States Geological Survey [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ Geographic Names Information System] [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=115:3:18288637194323293749::NO::P3_FID:1666231 query for "Alta" in California] . Retrieved on 2 December 2007.] near the present-day La Mesa-El Cajon boundary. This historical place was along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, now the San Diego Trolley Orange Line, at its Murray Drive undercrossing in La Mesa.

References

External links

* [http://www.sierranevadavirtualmuseum.com/docs/specialex/ontheroad/interstate80/alta.htm Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum: Alta]


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