Alice is an unincorporated community located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.[2]
Alice, Colorado | |
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 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[2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | Clear Creek[1] |
| Elevation | 10,092 ft (3,076 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| GNIS ID | 181369 |
History
editThe 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
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References
edit- ^ "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Alice, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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