Alto is an unincorporated town in Harrison Township

Harrison Township, Howard County, Indiana

Harrison Township is one of 11 townships in Howard County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,489.The Harrison Township Fire Department is located in Alto at the corner of Dixon Road and Mill Street.-Geography:...

, Howard County

Howard County, Indiana

Howard County is one of 92 counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Howard and Tipton counties. Originally named Richardville County, it was rechristened in 1844 to commemorate General Tilghman Ashurst Howard. As of...

, Indiana

Indiana

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, United States

United States

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. It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana

Kokomo, Indiana

Kokomo is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States, Indiana's 13th largest city. It is the principal city of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Howard and Tipton counties....

 Metropolitan Statistical Area

Kokomo metropolitan area

The Kokomo Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Indiana, anchored by the city of Kokomo...

. Alto (along with nearby subdivision/town, Holiday Park) will become part of Kokomo through annexation.

History

John Worth Kern, prominent leader in the U. S. Senate during the Wilson Administration, was born in Alto on December 20, 1849.

Alto was almost completely destroyed by an F4

Fujita scale

The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...

 tornado on the evening of April 11, 1965. Despite years of rebuilding, the population of Alto has never risen to the levels of nearby towns.

Geography

Alto is located at 40°26′24"N 86°09′56"W, at the intersection of Alto Road (250 South) and Dixon Road (200 West) southwest of the city of Kokomo

Kokomo, Indiana

Kokomo is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States, Indiana's 13th largest city. It is the principal city of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Howard and Tipton counties....

in Harrison Township.