Alpine is an unincorporated rural community in Benton County, Oregon, United States. It is west of Monroe off Oregon Route 99W. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 171.[1]
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Alpine was so named because it is on the top of one of the foothills of the Central Oregon Coast Range.[2] It is noted that the "situation is not particularly alpine in character".[2] Alpine School operated for several years before there was a settlement in the location, thus the community took its name from the school.[2] In 1908, the Corvallis and Alsea River Railway Company began construction of a line that ended in the settlement of Alpine when funding ran out.[2] The community has burned three times since its heyday in the early 1900s.[3] A post office was established in 1912 and operated until 1976.[2] Alpine now has a Monroe mailing address. Alpine Elementary School closed in 2003.[4] When the Alpine Market closed in 2004, the Alpine Tavern (built in 1936) started selling groceries.[4] In 2005, a vintage photograph of the tavern was featured in a Miller Beer advertisement, and the market was due to be razed.[4]
Alpine is on the Benton County Scenic Loop, a scenic driving route.[5]
To the west of Alpine is the Woodhall Vineyard, a research vineyard operated by Oregon State University.[6]
The Alpine Community Center operates out of the old Alpine Elementary School building, which was sold to Queen Bee Apiaries.[7]
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