Alton is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.

Alton is located along Interstate 459, 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of downtown Birmingham.

Alton has a post office with ZIP code 35015.

According to the returns from 1850[4]-2010[5] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S.

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