Welcome to Alpine ...

So far, we found very little information about Alpine. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Alpine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alpine, please Contact Us.

Alpine would have been located within present day Chaffee County<2>.

The location of Alpine has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alpine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Alpine is 9,260 feet [2,822 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Alpine is 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Alpine was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Alpine still existed, it would have been in the (719) area code.

Communities Also Named Alpine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Alpine: This one is located in Chaffee County and the other is located in Rio Grande County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 43 communities that are also named Alpine - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas (3), California (3), Florida (3), Georgia (2), Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana (2), Nevada (2), New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia (3), Washington and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alpine.

Communities near Alpine ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alpine.

• Salida
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salida
  • Salida is located in Chaffee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,690 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salida <5>
• Buena Vista
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Buena Vista is located in Chaffee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <5>
• Poncha Springs
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poncha Springs
  • Poncha Springs is located in Chaffee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poncha Springs <5>
• Pitkin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitkin
  • Pitkin is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pitkin <5>
• Hancock ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
  • Hancock is located in Chaffee County
• Johnson Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Village
  • Johnson Village is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson Village <5>
• Monarch
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Monarch is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monarch <5>
• Nathrop
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nathrop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathrop
  • Nathrop is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nathrop <5>
• Tincup
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
  • Tincup is located in Gunnison County
• Abbeyville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
  • Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
  • Former name for Abbeyville:
  • Hillerton

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alpine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alpine.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alpine. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alpine.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alpine. See our Newspapers Page for Alpine.

Adding Alpine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alpine in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Alpine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Alpine post office opened in 1874.

We also found Alpine in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alpine.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chaffee County: www.chaffeecounty.org/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/