Welcome to Alsa ...Alsa is located Alsa is located in Van Zandt County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Alsa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Alsa is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Alsa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Alsa: 903 & 430<3> We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alsa. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alsa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alsa. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alsa. 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 Alsa. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alsa. See our Newspapers Page for Alsa. Looking for more information about Alsa? 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 Alsa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alsa. We originally found mention of Alsa in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Alsa was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Alsa.
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