City Profile
Altamont is a growing community with a
population of 2300. Located in Effingham County on Interstate
70 and U.S. Route 40, the city is midway between St. Louis,
Missouri and Terre Haute, Indiana.
Altamont is a progressive community
with an excellent school system, active business district,
numerous churches and attractive residential neighborhoods and
subdivisions. Agriculture is a prominent force in the Altamont
area but compliments the existence of manufacturing employment
locally and within the county.
Altamont is a community that strives to
provide a range of activities from the Altamont Living Museum to
the excitement of the Effingham County Fair to the linkage of
the past by visiting the Winter's Steam Engine Museum.
