Alice, Colorado

Alice, Colorado
Alice, Colorado
	Town
	Coordinates: 39°49′06″N 105°38′34″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Clear Creek[1]
Elevation [1]	10,092 ft (3,076 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)

Alice is a populated place 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

"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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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[2] "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.

[3] 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.