Welcome to Alpha ...Alpha is located in Valley County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Alpha, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Alpha is 4,760 feet [1,451 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Alpha is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Alpha lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Alpha and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). Area Codes for Alpha: 208 & 986<3> Communities Also Named Alpha ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Idaho communities named Alpha: This one is located in Valley County and the other is located in Boise County. Beyond Idaho, there are 33 communities that are also named Alpha - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alpha. Communities near Alpha ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alpha.
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 Alpha. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alpha. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alpha. 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 Alpha. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alpha ...Looking for more information about Alpha? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alpha, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alpha. Adding Alpha to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Alpha 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 (so far) for Alpha was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Alpha. Footnotes ...
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