Editing Alma, Colorado (section)

==Description==
[[File:Alma Town Hall.JPG|thumb|left|Alma Town Hall, July 2020]]

At an elevation of {{convert|10361|ft}}, Alma is the [[United States Cities and Towns above 10,000 feet|highest incorporated municipality]] in the United States when considering only areas with permanent residents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of Alma |url=https://townofalma.com/index.html#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20Alma,%20CO,1,000%20residents%20in%20nearby%20subdivisions. |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=townofalma.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaijongkit |first=Por |date=2025-02-21 |title=Is Leadville the highest city in the US? |url=https://coloradosun.com/2025/02/21/is-leadville-the-highest-city-in-the-us/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> Its post office is located at the highest elevation of any in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-facts/fun-facts.htm|title=Fun Facts - Postal Facts|author=United States Postal Service}}</ref> Alma, which is considered a town and not a city, does not take the title of "highest incorporated city" from [[Leadville, Colorado]]. Using administrative boundaries as a measure, not settled areas, in 2006 [[Winter Park, Colorado]] became the highest incorporated town due to its annexation of [[Winter Park Resort|a ski area]].<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=TownofWinterPark%2FCBONLayout&cid=1251623406094&pagename=CBONWrapper|title=Geographical Information|publisher=Town of Winter Park|access-date=October 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213158/http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=TownofWinterPark%2FCBONLayout&cid=1251623406094&pagename=CBONWrapper|archive-date=October 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}
</ref>  Beyond the official limits of Alma is a residential area which extends to {{convert|11680|ft|m|sp=us}} above sea level on Mountain View Drive; this area uses [[Fairplay, Colorado]] addresses, despite being slightly closer to Alma.{{clear left}}