Altha, FL
Altha is a small town in Calhoun County, Florida, Calhoun County, Florida, United States. The population was 536 at the 2010 census. This is an increase from 506 . Altha was founded in 1902. Geography Altha is located at (30.571710, –85.127533). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (2.72%) is water. Altha is located in northwestern Florida, approximately 45 minutes from the Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia state line and one hour from the Alabama state line. Altha is in a rural county, with the primary industry being agriculture. Tomatoes, watermelons, green vegetables, cucumbers, peanuts, Maize, corn, wheat, and cotton are all major crops in this farming area. The Lumber, timber industry also thrives in the area, with many farmers electing to plant List of Pinus species, pine trees. Businesses and attractions The largest employer in Altha is Oglesby Plants International. The Chipola River, about three miles we ...
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Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ...
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