Alice, Colorado

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Alice, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Alice
Alice (Colorado)
Coordinates: 39°49′06″N105°38′34″W / 39.8183°N 105.6428°W / 39.8183; -105.6428 [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Clear Creek [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body Clear Creek County [2]
Elevation
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10,092 ft (3,076 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
GNIS pop ID 181369

Alice is an unincorporated community located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. [1]

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History

The Alice post office operated from August 20, 1898, until December 31, 1938. [3] [4] The community was named after Alice Taylor, the wife of a mine official. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alice, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN   0-918654-42-4.
  4. ↑ "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. 1999. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 6.
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