Editing Alpha, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Formally known as Vulcanite, Alpha was incorporated on June 26, 1911, but its history can be traced back to a much earlier date. At the time of the [[Great Blizzard of 1888]], there were only seven houses in what is now the corporate limits of Alpha. The exact date on which the first house in Alpha is uncertain. One of the first homes in the community was a two-room log cabin constructed by the Pursel family beside an old Indian Trail on the former property of the Vulcanite Portland Cement Company, now New Brunswick Avenue.<ref>{{cite book|title=Golden Jubilee 1911 1961 Borough of Alpha, New Jersey}}</ref>

Less than two years after incorporating, the community obtained a continuation of the [[streetcar|streetcar line]] from Phillipsburg and electric street lights were installed.<ref>{{cite book|title=Golden Jubilee 1911 1961 Borough of Alpha, New Jersey}}</ref>