The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Alpha was platted in 1895. A post office has been in operation at Alpha since 1895. The city was incorporated on July 3, 1899.
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Start Alpha’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alpha’s history is told.
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Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Alpha is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alpha has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jackson Commercial Historic District in Jackson, 5.9 miles away.
Alpha and the nearest listed places
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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. Jackson Commercial Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Alpha?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Alpha’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.