Alice, Iowa
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Alice is an unincorporated community in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Geography
Alice is in Spring Grove Township, south of Troy Mills, at the corners of sections 5, 6, 7, and 8.{{Cite book |url=https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Aatlases_8766 |title=Atlas of Linn County, Iowa |publisher=Midland Map Co. |year=1921 |access-date=2024-01-09}} Alice lies at the junction of County Highway E16 and Alice Road.{{Cite book |title=Iowa Gazetteer and Atlas |date=2021 |publisher=Garlin, Ltd. |location=Yarmouth, ME |pages=42}}
History
File:Linn County, Iowa - 1902 Cram's Modern Atlas.png The Alice post office was established in 1892.{{Cite web |title=Post Offices |url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&searchtext=Alice&state=IA&county=&searchtype=word |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=www.postalhistory.com}}
The community's population was 16 in 1900,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=203–207 |language=en}} and 35 in 1920.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=188–190 |language=en}} The community's population declined to 5 in 1940.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=292 |language=en}}
The Alice post office was discontinued in 1902.
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See also
{{Portal|Iowa}}
References
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{{Linn County, Iowa}}
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