Alice, Missouri

Alice is an unincorporated community in southwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

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.[2] The Alice school was just east of the community.[3]

History

A post office called Alice was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1927.[4] The community has the name of Alice Embree, a pioneer citizen.[5]

In 1925, Alice had 32 inhabitants.[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alice, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. Bado, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943
4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
5. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
6. Rand McNally and Company (1925). 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. Rand McNally & Company. p. 259. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

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