Alice, Texas Alice, Texas The water fortress in Alice on Hwy 44 The water fortress in Alice on Hwy 44 Flag of Alice, Texas Flag Official seal of Alice, Texas Nickname(s): The Hub City of South Texas Location of Alice in Texas Location of Alice in Texas Alice is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Jim Wells County, Texas, United States, in the South Texas region of the state.
Alice was established in 1888.
First it was called Bandana, then Kleberg and finally Alice after Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, the daughter of Richard King, who established the King Ranch.
Alice originated from the defunct improve of Collins, three miles to the east.
The petition was denied because a town titled Kleberg already appeared on the postal service list, so inhabitants then chose the name Alice, with respect to Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, Kleberg's wife and the daughter of Richard King.
The Alice postal service opened for company in 1888.
Within a several years the remaining inhabitants of Collins moved to Alice, which was by then a grow community.
The City of Alice was known for its large cattle trade until the discernment of petroleum and oil beneath Alice in the 1940s which caused a slight populace boom.
Senate took place at Alice's Precinct 13 where 202 ballots were cast in alphabetical order and all just at the close of polling in favor of Johnson.
Alice has long been recognized as "The Birthplace of Tejano" dating back to the mid-1940s when Armando Marroquin, Sr.
Of Alice and partner Paco Betancourt of San Benito, Texas launched what was to be the first home-based recording business to record Tejano artists exclusively.
Ideal Records, which was based in Alice, the heart of South Texas and under the direction of Marroquin became the perfect vehicle for Tejano groups and artists to get their music to the public.
Marroquin, who also owned and directed a jukebox company, ensured that Ideal recordings would be distributed throughout South Texas.
Alice is positioned at 27 45 02 N 98 04 14 W (27.750652, -98.070460). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.3 square miles (32 km2), of which 11.9 square miles (31 km2) is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (3.25%) is water.
Alice falls inside the boundaries of South Texas as well as the Texas Coastal Bend.
Alice has very little seismic activity, with only two small earthquakes happening in recent history a 3.8 magnitude quake on March 24, 1997 and a 4.0 magnitude quake on April 24, 2010. One hour photo in Alice Today, Alice's economy is centered on the drilling trade with more than 100 different petroleum field companies positioned around the Alice area.
Alice is called the "Hub City" due to its geographical locale between Corpus Christi, Mc - Allen, Laredo and San Antonio.
Alice's locale between these metros/cities makes it an ideal center for distribution.
Some primary petroleum companies in Alice are Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Inc., Weatherford International, Grey Wolf Drilling Company, south division and Alice serves as the command posts for Dixie iron Works - MSI.
As of 2009, Alice has an unemployment rate of 6.30 percent when the U.S.
Recent job expansion has been negative and the number of jobs in Alice has decreased by 1.10 percent. Texas 359.svg State Highway 359 Alice International Airport General aviation airports with no scheduled service.
The City of Alice is served by the Alice Independent School District.
Alice High School.
Alice Christian School, Grades K through 12 Chris Brazzell - Canadian Football League(CFL) Player and ex NFL player, was born May 22, 1976, and played on the Alice High School football team.
Sonny Brown - ex-Houston Oiler, MVP of the 1985 Orange Bowl that earned his team the Oklahoma Sooners a nationwide championship; graduated from Alice High in 1982 where he was 2nd-team all-state quarterback.
Curl Jr., Nobel Prize winner, was born on August 23, 1933 in Alice, Texas.
Frank Dobie, award-winning author who taught at UT Austin moved to Alice at 16 until he graduated from WAHS.
Richard Raymond was born in Alice on October 27, 1960.
Salinas, the current mayor of Laredo, was born in Alice on November 8, 1947.
Brothers Jim and Wayne Tyrone, both born in Alice, were Major League Baseball outfielders.
John Donald Wesley Corley (born 1951 and Alice High School graduate of 1969) is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force.
Alice and its encircling areas have an abundance of wildlife, so hunting, fishing and bird watching are favorite activities, and there are wild game hunting leases available through Texas Parks and Wildlife.
Golfers have two courses to choose from in the Hub City, with the Alice Municipal Golf Course being the larger with 18 holes, long fairways and water hazards.
The other is the 9-hole Alice Country Club golf course east of town.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alice.
Alice, Texas Municipalities and communities of Jim Wells County, Texas, United States
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