Alice, Colorado
Alice, Colorado | |
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Town | |
 Signs at the intersection of Fall River and Alice roads in Alice | |
  Alice, Colorado Location within Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 39°49′06″N 105°38′34″W / 39.81833°N 105.64278°WCoordinates: 39°49′06″N 105°38′34″W / 39.81833°N 105.64278°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Counties | Clear Creek[1] |
| Elevation | 10,092 ft (3,076 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Alice is an unincorporated community located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.[1]
History[]
A post office was established at Alice in 1898, and remained in operation until 1938.[2] The community was named after Alice Taylor, the wife of a mine official.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "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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