Do you know of Alpha ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alpha. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Alpha.<1>

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Alpha, so we are uncertain whether Alpha is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Alpha would be found somewhere in Saint Louis County, Missouri.

Communities Also Named Alpha ...

We found 33 communities that share the name Alpha.

There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Alpha.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Grundy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Alpha [Grundy County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Yell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alpha [Yell County].
- California
  - Nevada County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alpha [Nevada County].
- Georgia
  - Worth County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alpha [Worth County].
- Idaho
  - Boise County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Alpha [Boise County].
  - Valley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Alpha [Valley County].
- Illinois
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alpha [Henry County].
- Indiana
  - Scott County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alpha [Scott County].
- Iowa
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alpha [Fayette County].
- Kansas
  - Finney County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alpha [Finney County].
  - McPherson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alpha [McPherson County].
- Kentucky
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Alpha [Clinton County].
- Louisiana
  - Natchitoches Parish
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Alpha [Natchitoches Parish].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Alpha.
- Maryland
  - Howard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Alpha [Howard County].
- Michigan
  - Benzie County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alpha [Benzie County].
  - Iron County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alpha [Iron County].
- Minnesota
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Alpha [Jackson County].
- Nevada
  - Eureka County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Alpha [Eureka County].
- North Carolina
  - Rowan County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Alpha [Rowan County].
- North Dakota
  - Golden Valley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Alpha [Golden Valley County].
- Ohio
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alpha [Greene County].
- Oklahoma
  - Kingfisher County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Alpha [Kingfisher County].
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Alpha [Lane County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Northampton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Alpha [Northampton County].
- South Dakota
  - McPherson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Alpha [McPherson County].
- Tennessee
  - Hamblen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Alpha [Hamblen County].
- Virginia
  - Buckingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Alpha [Buckingham County].
- Washington
  - Lewis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Alpha [Lewis County].
  - Spokane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Alpha [Spokane County].
- West Virginia
  - Doddridge County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alpha [Doddridge County].
  - Harrison County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alpha [Harrison County].
- Wisconsin
  - Burnett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Alpha [Burnett County].

More Orphans in Saint Louis County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Saint Louis County.

Aldernay	Maddox
Algonquin	Maes
Anglum	Margona Village
Arloe	Marvin Terrace
Atherton	Mentor
	Meramec Highlands
Barracks	Meramec
Barrett's Station	Merrimac Station
Bartold	Midland
Bellafontaine	Mill Spring
Ben Avis	Miller
Billman	Mincke
Bissell	Mokeville
Blackjack	Muirfield
Bobring	Mutual
Bon Homme
Bonfils Station	North County
Brookdale	Nursery
Brotherton
Burke City	O'Fallon Park
Bussen Spur	Oak Hill
	Oak Ridge
Carondelet Park	Oakhill Junction
Carondelet	Old Orchard
Carr	Orchard Lakes
Castello
Centaur Station	Palisades
Centreton	Price
Collopy	Principia
Colman
Conclay	Reber Place
	Rinkelville
Deicke	Robinwood East
Drake	Robinwood West
Drew	Rosa
Dwyer	Rose Hill
	Ruegg
East Kirkwood
Eden	Saint Albans
Edgebrook	Saint Ferdinand
Elmdale Village	Saint Johns Station
Elmwood Park	Saint Paul
	Seven Pines
Fairview	Shadyside
Fanita	Sherwood
Fee Fee	Skillman
Forest City	Skinker Road
Forest Park	South Saint Louis
Forsythe Junction	South Side
	Spring Park
Gardenview	Stratmann
Gardenville	Sunland Hills
Gardner	Sutter
Glen Echo	Suttons
Graham
Grand Canyon	Tara
Grant	Tempo
Grasso	Tesson

Heights	University Park
Heman Park
Hill Crest	Valley Forge
Hillside	Velda
Howard's	Village of Charlack
Huntley	Von Schraders
Hydraulic
	Waltonham
Inglesyde	Webster Park
Irving	Webster
	Wedgewood Green
Jedburg	Wedgewood
	Wells
Kelpe	West County
King's	West Saint Louis
Koberman	Whispering Hills
	Wilkinson
Lackland	Windom
Laclede Junction	Woodbine Heights
Luxemburg	Woodland
	Woodridge

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Alpha could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.