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Alice
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city in and county seat of Jim Wells County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Jim Wells
- Type
- Council-Manager
- City council
- Mayor Cynthia Carasco, Robert Molina , Pete Beltran , Mauricio Garza , Sandra Bowen
- City manager
- Michael Esparza
- Total
- 12.58 sq mi (32.58 km )
- Land
- 11.99 sq mi (31.06 km )
- Water
- 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km )
- Elevation
- 202 ft (62 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 17,697
- Density
- 1,490/sq mi (576/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 78332, 78333
- Fips code
- 48-01852
- Website
- www .cityofalice .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Alice is a city in and the county seat of Jim Wells County, Texas, United States, in the South Texas region of the state. As of the 2020 census, Alice had a population of 17,891. Alice was established in 1888. The city was originally named "Bandana", then "Kleberg", and finally "Alice" after Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, the daughter of Richard King, who established the King Ranch.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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