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History · Alpine

Half of Alpine’s homes were built after 2003

Most of Alpine was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1967 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Alpine’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Alpine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alpine’s history is told.

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The story so far

Alpine, in brief

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

Alpine is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Alpine CDP was 169 at the 2020 United States census. The South Fork post office (Zip Code 81154) serves the area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 174 to 169 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Alpine on the map, 1967 to 2001

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Alpine. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Alpine on the 1967 USGS mapAlpine on the 2001 USGS map1967South Fork East sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Alpine.

Famous people

Famous people close to Alpine

Nobody well known was born in Alpine itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Kent RomingerAmerican astronaut · b. 1956
Alva B. AdamsAmerican politician · b. 1875
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Myron ThompsonCanadian politician · b. 1936
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Greg SmithAmerican politician · b. 1955
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

GerrardIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Alpine’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.