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Alpine’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Alpine. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Alpine Village (formerly, Alphine Village) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alpine County, California, United States. The population was 224 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 114 to 224 (+96%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Alpine yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Alpine, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Alpine is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alpine has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Webster Schoolhouse, Old in Markleeville, 6 miles away.

Alpine and the nearest listed places

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Webster Schoolhouse, OldAlpine County CourthouseJobs Peak RanchWilhelm and William Lampe RanchGardnerville Elementary SchoolGardnerville Branch Jail

Closest to Alpine

Webster Schoolhouse, OldMarkleeville · Building6miAlpine County CourthouseMarkleeville · 20th Century Revivals · Built 19286.1miJobs Peak RanchGardnerville Ranchos · Building8.4miWilhelm and William Lampe RanchGardnerville · District11.2miGardnerville Elementary SchoolGardnerville · Neo-Classical Revival11.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Webster Schoolhouse, Old’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Alpine?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Alpine’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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