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Alpine County, California

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1864formed

1,204pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 2004. Most listings are in or near Markleeville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for California is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Alpine titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

0 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alpine County Courthouse	Markleeville	Building	2004
Webster Schoolhouse, Old	Markleeville	Building	2005

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Alpine was formed in 1864 (1864-03-16) from Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Tuolumne.

ALPINE created from AMADOR, CALAVERAS, EL DORADO, MONO, and TUOLUMNE. Included small, non-mappable changes.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Alpine County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
685	539	509	243	323	241	397	1,097	1,208	1,204

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

5 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Fredericksburg Cemetery	38.82781	-119.78688
Markleeville Cemetery	38.69266	-119.7771
Old Woodfords Cemetery	38.77654	-119.82465
Silver Mountain Cemetery	38.6174	-119.75232
Washoe Cemetery	38.76963	-119.81934

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Centerville	38.63102	-119.72323
Mount Bullion	38.66046	-119.72629
Silver Mountain	38.60518	-119.76934

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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