Alpine, Indiana

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

History

The first sawmill in Columbia Township was built at Alpine in 1814.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoffayette00barr#page/220/mode/2up | title=History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=Bowen, B. F. | author=Barrows, Frederic Irving | year=1917 | pages=220}} Alpine was laid out as a town in about 1832.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/49 49]|quote=...this village was founded about 1832...}}

By 1885, Alpine contained a sawmill, a gristmill, and a station on the Whitewater Valley Railroad.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5ULWAAAAMAAJ | title=History of Fayette County, Indiana | publisher=Warner, Beers and Company | year=1885 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5ULWAAAAMAAJ/page/n187 199]}}

A post office opened in Alpine in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1966.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Fayette | title=Fayette County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=4 September 2014}}

Geography

Alpine is located on State Route 121 about {{Convert|6|mi}} south of Connersville.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana