Alice, Colorado

{{short description|An unincorporated community in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States}}

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

History

The Alice post office operated from August 20, 1898, until December 31, 1938.{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}}{{cite web | url=https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/Place_Names_of_Colorado.pdf | title=Place Names of Colorado | publisher=Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies | date=1999 | accessdate=1 July 2019 | pages=7 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027102334/https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/Place_Names_of_Colorado.pdf | archive-date=27 October 2017 | url-status=dead }} The community was named after Alice Taylor, the wife of a mine official.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=12|year=1954|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=6}}

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