Alpha, Iowa

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'''Alpha''' is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. It is located on Johnsons Mill Road near County Road V68, three miles south of Waucoma, at 42.995718N, -92.047995W,<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=July 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720110047/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|url-status=live}}</ref> where Johnsons Mill Road crosses Crane Creek.

==History== thumb|left|Alpha in Fayette County, Iowa, in 1903 Alpha was founded in May 1871. It was named Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, because it was the first community on Crane Creek.<ref name="Savage">Savage, Tom (2007). ''A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names'', p. 23. University Of Iowa Press. {{ISBN|1-58729-531-8}}.</ref>

Alpha's population was 100 in 1925.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en}}</ref> The population was 119 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=292 |language=en}}</ref> {{Clear}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, Iowa Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa