Altoga is an

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, in the

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. According to the

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, the community had a population of 367 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

Dock Owensby wanted this community to have a motto, so he suggested: "all together". In 1910, Altoga had seven stores, two cotton gins, and a

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. A post office was established at Altoga in 1889 and remained in operation until 1937, with a brief interruption from 1900 to 1915. There is debate about whether the population was 50 or 133 in 1915. It rose to 250 in 1929, then was reduced to 150 in 1941. Only four businesses remained in 1937. The population plummeted to 50 in 1970. Due to the growth of nearby McKinney, the population jumped to 358 in 1980 and further increased to 367 from 1990 through 2000.

Geography

Altoga is located on Farm to Market Road 1827, northeast of

McKinney McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano, Texas, Plano and Frisco, Texas, Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about ...

in northeastern

Education

Altoga had its own school in 1910. Today the community is served by the

McKinney Independent School District McKinney Independent School District (McKinney ISD) is a public independent school district in McKinney, Texas, United States. In addition to McKinney, the district serves the town of New Hope, Texas, New Hope and parts of Allen, Texas, Allen, ...

. It is zoned for Webb Elementary School, Scott Morgan Johnson Middle School, and

McKinney North High School McKinney North High School (commonly known as North, McKinney North, or MNHS) is a public secondary school located on 2550 Wilmeth Road in McKinney, Texas, US. The school is part of the McKinney Independent School District. Mckinney North curre ...

References

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