Alpine Illustrated

Alpine was settled in 1850 by cattlemen who named the area Fort Wordsworth. The name changed to Dry Creek Settlement and Mountainville before the city was incorporated in 1855 as Alpine because its setting in the foothills of Mount Timpanogos reminded Brigham Young of pictures he'd seen of the Swiss Alps. In 1999, Utah County residents named Alpine the No. 1 place they'd move within the county in a Dan Jones Poll.

Settled: 1850

Incorporated: 1855

Population: 7,146 (96.4 percent white)

Zip Code: 84004

Median age: 21

Median household income: $72,880

Median house value: $294,200

Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes

Did you know? Alpine and Highland share a police department

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Sources: City-data.com, UVEDA, U.S. Census 2000

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