Alice, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri}}

Alice is an unincorporated community in southwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|735326}}

The community was located on a high ridge above and north of West Piney Creek on Missouri Route 38, approximately one mile east of Bendavis and 1.5 miles west of Fairview.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}} The Alice school was just east of the community.Bado, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943

History

A post office called Alice was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1927.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Texas | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 December 2016}} The community has the name of Alice Embree, a pioneer citizen.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html |archivedate=June 24, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=December 28, 2016 }}

In 1925, Alice had 32 inhabitants.{{cite book | author=Rand McNally and Company | 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 | publisher=Rand McNally & Company | year=1925 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA259 | access-date=2023-02-19 | page=259}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri