Alpha, Ohio Explained

Alpha is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio, in the United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Dayton metropolitan area. A post office is located in Alpha, with the ZIP code of 45301.[1]

A post office called Alpha has been in operation since 1850.[2] The community is one of the oldest in the area.[3] Alpha was named for the first letter of the Greek alphabet because it was at, or on the site of, the first mill in the county.[4]

It was the location of a Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad railway station stop, of a railway that has been shut down and turned into a bike path.[5]

Alpha has also been known in the past as Harbine or Harbines.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=45301 Zip Code Lookup
  2. Web site: Greene County . Jim Forte Postal History . 13 January 2016.
  3. Book: Overman, William Daniel. Ohio Town Names. 1958. Atlantic Press. Akron, OH. 3.
  4. http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Greene/GreeneIndex.htm History of Greene County Together with Notes on the Historic Northwest and the State of Ohio
  5. Web site: STATIONS OF THE PAST. September 13, 2013.
  6. Web site: Township History . Zink . Frank B. . Taken from Robinson’s 1961 Rural Directory . . June 4, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200604125537/http://beavercreektownship.org/174/Township-History . June 4, 2020 .

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