Welcome to Alpine, Texas mural in Alpine, Texas on January 3, 2022. Photo by Peter Stringer for Amazing America.
Alpine ( AL-pyne) is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,905 at the 2010 census. The town has an elevation of 4,475 feet (1,364 m), and the surrounding mountain peaks are over 1 mile (1. 6 km) above sea level. The university, hospital, library, and retail make Alpine the center of the sprawling 12,000 square miles (3,108,000 ha) but wide open Big Bend area (combined population only 12,500) including Brewster, Presidio, and Jeff Davis counties.
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