Altona 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 Wayne County,

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, United States.

History

Altona was founded in 1898. It was named after Altona, in Germany. A post office was established at Altona in 1898, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1935.

First Trinity Lutheran Church

Altona is also the home of First Trinity Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. First Trinity was founded in 1881, and the congregation celebrated their 140th anniversary in 2021.

References

Populated places in Wayne County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{WayneCountyNE-geo-stub