Alta is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Fayette County,
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
, United States. Alta is located on
state routes 16 and
39, north of
Gauley Bridge.
References
Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Populated places on the Gauley River
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