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Alpha, NJ was founded in 1911 and named after the Alpha Portland Cement Company. The whole town was built around this cement plant. Alpha has roughly 2600 residents and is located in the southern part of Warren County, NJ. Its total size is about 1.8 square miles. The cement industry had great interest in this area due to the abundance of high quality limestone deposits found here. With the introduction of the quarry and cement plant, business boomed in the earlier part of the 20th century. This growing local economy brought in many other businesses and aided to develop the community into what it is today.

- History by 5witchbhakk, 2003