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Alpha is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal office operated from 27 February 1884 to 15 June 1915.

Alpha is the site of the Mt. View Cemetery. The town between Marriottsville, and Sykesville is not recognized by the name, but is dominated by the controversial Alpha Ridge Landfill. It was home to one of Howard County's earliest bicycle clubs active in 1891.

References

1. "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
2. William Neal Hurley (1997). Our Maryland Heritage, Book 5: The King Families. Heritage Books. p. 173.
3. The Wheel and Cycling Trade Review, Volume 7. p. 814.

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County seat: Ellicott City
CDPs	Columbia Elkridge Ellicott City Fulton Highland Ilchester Jessup‡ Lisbon North Laurel Savage Scaggsville
Villages	Columbia Town Center Dorsey's Search East Columbia Harper's Choice Hickory Ridge Kings Contrivance Long Reach Oakland Mills Owen Brown River Hill Wilde Lake
Ghost town	Daniels‡
Other communities	Alberton Alpha Annapolis Junction‡ Atholton Benson Botterill Centre Village Clarkson Clarksville Cooksville Daisy Dayton Dorsey‡ Dorseyville Elioak Elysville Florence Gary Glenelg Glenwood Gordon Guilford Hanover‡ Henryton Heights High Ridge Hilton Hopewell Inwood Isaacsville Ivory Jonestown Linwood Marriottsville‡ Paternal Gift Farm Pfeiffers Corner Poplar Springs Simpsonville Snelltown Turf Valley Waterloo West Friendship Woodbine‡ Woodstock‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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