Alpine, Indiana

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Alpine, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Alpine
Coordinates: 39°33′14″N85°10′33″W / 39.55389°N 85.17583°W / 39.55389; -85.17583
Country United States
State Indiana
County Fayette
Township Columbia
Elevation
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758 ft (231 m)
ZIP code
47331
FIPS code 18-01180 [2]
GNIS feature ID430115 [1]

Alpine is an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Fayette County, Indiana.

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History

The first sawmill in Columbia Township was built at Alpine in 1814. [3] Alpine was laid out as a town in about 1832. [4]

By 1885, Alpine contained a sawmill, a gristmill, and a station on the Whitewater Valley Railroad. [5]

A post office opened in Alpine in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1966. [6]

Geography

Alpine is located on State Route 121 about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Connersville.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alpine, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Barrows, Frederic Irving (1917). History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Bowen, B. F. p. 220.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  49. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...this village was founded about 1832...
  5. ↑ History of Fayette County, Indiana. Warner, Beers and Company. 1885. pp.  199.
  6. ↑ "Fayette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 4, 2014.


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