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Alpine, Indiana
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Alpine is an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Fayette County, Indiana.
Key Information
History
[edit]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
[edit]Alpine is located on State Route 121 about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Connersville.
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alpine, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Barrows, Frederic Irving (1917). History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Bowen, B. F. p. 220.
- ^ 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...
- ^ History of Fayette County, Indiana. Warner, Beers and Company. 1885. pp. 199.
- ^ "Fayette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
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