Alpine County, California

Founding: 1864
Parent counties: Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, and Tuolumne

Namesake: The county's mountainous landscape
Seat: Silver Mountain (1864–1875); Markleeville (1875–)

Land area: 738 square miles

Population (2020): 1,204

Population (historic): 685 (1870); 667 (1890); 309 (1910); 241 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1930s; 1950–2000; 2010s

Subdivisions: One CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 42 (2.4%)

Housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,169
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,391
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 21
Average farm size (1920): 205 acres
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Markleeville

Namesake: Jacob Marklee, owner of the village site

Founding: 1863 (post office)

Population (2020): 191
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Zack Kirkwood Inn (1864). 50993 Carson Pass Highway.
2. Farm (c. 1870). 1530 Foothill Road. Greek Revival.

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