Alpha, Iowa

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Alpha, Iowa
unincorporated community
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Alpha
Location of Alpha within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 42°59′48″N92°02′52″W / 42.99667°N 92.04778°W / 42.99667; -92.04778 Coordinates: 42°59′48″N92°02′52″W / 42.99667°N 92.04778°W / 42.99667; -92.04778 [1]
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa
County Fayette County
Elevation
[1]
317 m (1,040 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
52171
Area code(s) 563
GNIS feature ID454149

Alpha is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. It is located on Johnsons Mill Road near County Road V68, three miles south of Waucoma, at 42.995718N, -92.047995W, [2] where Johnsons Mill Road crosses Crane Creek.

History

Alpha in Fayette County, Iowa, in 1903 Fayette County Iowa 1903.png
Alpha in Fayette County, Iowa, in 1903

Alpha was founded in May 1871. It was named Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, because it was the first community on Crane Creek. [3] Alpha's population was 100 in 1925. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alpha". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  2. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  3. ↑ Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 23. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN   1-58729-531-8.
  4. ↑ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.
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