Alice, Colorado

Alice, Colorado
Signs at the intersection of Fall River and Alice roads in Alice
Alice
Location of Alice, Colorado.
Alice
Alice (Colorado)
Coordinates: 39°49′06″N 105°38′34″W / 39.8183°N 105.6428°W / 39.8183; -105.6428[2]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyClear Creek[1]
Government
 • Typeunincorporated community
 • BodyClear Creek County[1]
Elevation10,092 ft (3,076 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
GNIS pop ID181369

Alice is an unincorporated community located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.[2]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Alice, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 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.