Altonah, Utah
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Altonah is an unincorporated community
Unincorporated area
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 in central Duchesne County
Duchesne County, Utah
Duchesne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2010 the population was 18,607, a 29.5% increase over the 2000 figure of 14,371. Its county seat is Duchesne and the largest city is Roosevelt.-Geography:...

, Utah
Utah
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, United States
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, and on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation
The Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation is located in northeastern Utah, USA. It is the homeland of the Northern Ute Tribe, and is the largest of three Indian reservations inhabited by members of the Ute Tribe of Native Americans. It lies in parts of seven counties; in descending order of land area...

. It lies along local roads north of State Route 87
Utah State Route 87
Utah State Route 87 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Over a span of , it connects the communities of Altamont, Boneta, Bluebell, and Upalco to Duchesne and US-40/191 in Duchesne County.-Route description:...

, north of the city of Duchesne
Duchesne, Utah
Duchesne is a city in and the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Duchesne city is located at . just west of the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah...

, the county seat
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 of Duchesne County. Its elevation is 6,673 feet (2,034 m). Although Altonah is unincorporated, it has a post office
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, with the ZIP code
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of 84002.

Altonah was originally settled in 1906, under the name of Alexander. It was renamed in 1912.
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