Alpha is an

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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 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 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.

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