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Alpine is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...
in
Chattooga County Chattooga County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 24,965. According to the World Popula ...
, in the
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of
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...
. The community is located on the northwest side of the Broomtown Valley in northwest Georgia, southeast of Menlo. It is on Georgia Route 337 north of
Alpine Creek Alpine Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California. It flows about , from its source () near West Alpine Road about a mile southwest of Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with La Honda Creek to form San Gregorio Creek in ...
.


History

The community was named after the
Swiss Alps The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (german: Schweizer Alpen, french: Alpes suisses, it, Alpi svizzere, rm, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Sw ...
on account of its lofty elevation. A post office called Alpine was established in 1843, and remained in operation until 1900. A Civil War skirmish occurred near the town site in 1863.


References

Unincorporated communities in Chattooga County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{ChattoogaCountyGA-geo-stub