The city's name may be a variation of a fictional Indian girl, Alfarata, in the 19th-century song "The Blue Juniata"; it may also be derived from alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
The city's name may be a variation of a fictional Indian girl, Alfarata, in the 19th-century! song "The Blue Juniata"; it may also be !derived from alp,ha, the first letter of the Gree?k alphabet.