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Altona- 1880 Altona, a post-village of Altona township, Clinton co., N.Y., on the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad, 36 miles E. of Malone, and about 16 miles N. by W. from Plattsburg. It has 2 churches, and manufactures of iron and lumber. The township has 4 forges, 2 tanneries, and 11 saw-mills. Pop. of township, 3450.

Source:

• Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World,  J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1885 [1st printing 1880], pp. 62-63; transcribed 31 July 2002 by Bridget E. Morrissey.