Alta Township is a civil township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 98.[1] The township is named after Alta Ridge, a moraine belt overlooking the Sheyenne River Valley.[2]

Cities and populated places

References

  1. U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Alta Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved January 31, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Williams, Mary Ann (Barnes) (1966). Origins of North Dakota place names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Bismarck tribune, 1966. p. 16. OCLC 431626.

46°55′38″N 97°51′36″W / 46.92722°N 97.86000°W / 46.92722; -97.86000


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