Alpine, Indiana

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

Alpine, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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.

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References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Alpine, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  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 4 September 2014.



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