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Welcome to Alice ...

Alice is located in Etowah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alice, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Alice is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Alice lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Alice (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Alice ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Alice - they are located in Colorado (2), Georgia (2), Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alice.

Communities near Alice ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alice.

  • Gadsden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Albertville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Boaz
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <3>
  • Rainbow City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Guntersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <3>
  • Arab
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Arab is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <3>
  • Oneonta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Attalla
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Crossville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sardis City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alice. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alice.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alice. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alice.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alice. See our Newspapers Page for Alice.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alice ...

Looking for more information about Alice? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alice, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alice.

Adding Alice to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alice in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Alice was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Alice post office opened in 1894. The Alice post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alice.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Etowah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alice - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/