Alpine, Indiana

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

Alpine, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Alpine is located in Indiana
Alpine
Alpine
Alpine is located in the United States
Alpine
Alpine
Coordinates: 39°33′14″N 85°10′33″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyFayette
TownshipColumbia
Elevation
761 ft (232 m)
ZIP code
47331
FIPS code18-01180[1]
GNIS feature ID430115[2]

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.

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Alpine, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  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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