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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Markleeville Namesake: Jacob Marklee, owner of the village site Founding: 1863 (post office) Population (2020): ...