Map of Alpha village, Illinois

Alpha is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 671 at the 2010 census, down from 726 in 2000.

Alpha village overview:
Name:	Alpha village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Illinois
County:	Henry County
Total Area:	0.31 sq mi (0.81 km²)
Land Area:	0.31 sq mi (0.81 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	675
Population Density:	2,170.42/sq mi (838.33/km²)
Area code:	309
FIPS code:	1700971
Website:	villageofalpha.org

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History

On June 1, 1872, Anson Calkins laid out the village of Alpha. Alpha was created as a railroad town and replaced the town of Oxford, which was located about three miles west of current day Alpha. It was located at the junction between two lines of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, and a since-razed depot was located at the junction. The north-south branch between Galesburg and Savanna crossed an east-west branch between Galva and New Boston. The east-west line has been abandoned and the north-south line is in operation as the BNSF Barstow Subdivision. The village was named Alpha (the first letter of the Greek alphabet), because Calkins believed it to be the beginnings of a great city. It was incorporated on January 11, 1895. In the early 1980s, director Barry Levinson looked at Alpha’s railroad car diner as a possible location for filming scenes for his 1982 film Diner.