Alpha is a

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of Beavercreek, in Greene County,

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, in the

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. It is located on the eastern side of the

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. A

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is located in Alpha, with the ZIP code of 45301. A post office called Alpha has been in operation since 1850. The community is one of the oldest in the area. Alpha was named for the first letter of the

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because it was at, or on the site of, the first mill in the county. It was the location of a

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railway station stop, of a railway that has been shut down and turned into a bike path. Alpha has also been known in the past as Harbine or Harbines.

References

Neighborhoods in Ohio Geography of Greene County, Ohio Beavercreek, Ohio Populated places established in 1850 1850 establishments in Ohio {{GreeneCountyOH-geo-stub