Alpha, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°42′42″N 84°01′24″W / 39.71167°N 84.02333°W / 39.71167; -84.02333

Alpha is a neighborhood of Beavercreek, 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 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. [3]

It was the location of a railway station stop, of a railway that has been shut down and turned into a bike path.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  2. ↑ "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. ↑ History of Greene County Together with Notes on the Historic Northwest and the State of Ohio, Dayton: Odell and Mayer Publishers, 1881. Accessed 2010-08-17. 578.
  4. ↑ "STATIONS OF THE PAST". Retrieved September 13, 2013.
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