Editing Alice, Texas

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| name               = Alice, Texas
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| government_type    = [[Council-manager government|Council-Manager]]
| leader_title       = [[City Council]]
| leader_name        = [[Mayor]] Cynthia Carasco<br /> Robert Molina <br /> Pete Beltran <br /> Mauricio Garza <br /> Sandra Bowen
| leader_title1      = [[City Manager]]
| leader_name1       = Michael Esparza
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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'''Alice''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Jim Wells County, Texas|Jim Wells County]], [[Texas]], United States,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/countyseats.html|title=Counties and County Seats|date=March 29, 2012|website=Texas State Library and Archives Commission|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904125108/https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/countyseats.html|archive-date=September 4, 2019|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> in the [[South Texas]] region of the state. The population was 19,104 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4801852| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213083642/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4801852| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 13, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Alice city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=December 13, 2018}}</ref> 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 (entrepreneur)|Richard King]], who established the [[King Ranch]].

==History==

Alice originated from the defunct community of Collins, {{convert|3|mi|0}} to the east. c. 1880, the [[San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway]] attempted to build a line through Collins, which then had approximately 2,000 inhabitants. The townspeople were not amenable to selling their land to the railroad company; consequently, the railroad site was moved 3 miles west, and in 1883, a depot called "Bandana" was established at its junction with the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Railway. Bandana soon became a thriving cattle-shipping point, and an application for a [[post office]] was made under the name "Kleberg" in honor of [[Robert Justus Kleberg]], a veteran of the [[Battle of San Jacinto]]. The petition was denied because a town named Kleberg already appeared on the post office list, so residents then chose the name "Alice", in honor of Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, Robert Justus Kleberg Jr.’s wife and the daughter of Richard and [[Henrietta King]]. The Alice post office opened for business in 1888. Within a few years, the remaining residents of Collins moved to Alice, which was by then a thriving community.

Alice was known for its large cattle industry until the discovery of [[petroleum]] beneath and around the town in the 1940s, which caused a slight population boom.

In the [[1948 United States Senate election in Texas]], an incident ([[Box 13 scandal]]) involving [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s bid for the [[U.S. 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. Johnson won the election against [[Coke Stevenson]] by 87 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hea01|title=ALICE, TX|last=Salinas|first=Alicia|date=9 June 2010|website=The Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223142717/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hea01|archive-date=December 23, 2015|access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref>

==Culture==
Alice has long been recognized as the "Birthplace of [[Tejano music|Tejano Music]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tejanorootshalloffame.org/birthplace.html|title=The Birthplace of Tejano|website=Tejano Roots Hall of Fame and Museum|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041009234103/http://tejanorootshalloffame.org/birthplace.html|archive-date=October 9, 2004}}</ref> dating back to the mid-1940s, when Armando Marroquin Sr., of Alice and partner [[Paco Betancourt]] of [[San Benito, Texas|San Benito]] launched what was to be the first home-based recording company to record [[Tejano]] artists exclusively. Ideal Records, which was based in Alice,<ref>{{cite book |last=Ragland |first=Cathy |date=2009 |title=[[Música Norteña: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between Nations]] |location=Philadelphia |publisher=[[Temple University Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/musicanortenamex00ragl/page/n85 69]|isbn=978-1-59213-746-6}} - Limited access.</ref> 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 operated a [[jukebox]] company, ensured that Ideal recordings would be distributed throughout South Texas. The songs recorded, which were contributed by Tejano and Mexican composers, became very popular through jukeboxes placed in restaurants, cantinas, or other establishments that would have them, and the then-scarce Spanish-language radio programs. In addition to Ideal, Alice was the home of Freddie Records and Hacienda Records, which were dominant players in Tejano music in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite book |last=San Miguel |first=Guadalupe |date=2002 |title=[[Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century]] |location=[[College Station, Texas]] |publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/tejanoproudtexme00sanm/page/6 6] |isbn=1-58544-159-7}} - [https://archive.org/details/tejanoproudtexme00sanm/page/6 Read online, registration required]</ref>

Alice is the birthplace of two Nobel Prize winners. [[Robert F. Curl Jr.]] was honored with a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996, and [[James P. Allison]] won a Nobel for his work in medicine in 2018.

==Geography==

Alice is located in central Jim Wells County at {{coord|27.750652|-98.070460|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}} (27.750652, –98.070460).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_48.txt|title=2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer File for Places - Texas|date=2011-06-11|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707225415/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2010.html|archive-date=July 7, 2011|access-date=2011-04-23}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|32.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|31.1|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 4.66%, are covered by water. Alice falls within the boundaries of South Texas and the [[Texas Coastal Bend]] region.

[[U.S. Route 281 in Texas|U.S. Route 281]] passes just west of the city limits on a bypass. The highway leads north {{convert|41|mi}} to [[George West, Texas|George West]] and south {{convert|37|mi}} to [[Falfurrias, Texas|Falfurrias]]. [[Texas State Highway 44]] passes through the center of town as Front Street and leads east {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Robstown, Texas|Robstown]] and west {{convert|35|mi}} to [[Freer, Texas|Freer]]. [[Texas State Highway 359]] joins SH 44 through the center of Alice, but leads northeast {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Mathis, Texas|Mathis]] and southwest {{convert|53|mi}} to [[Hebbronville, Texas|Hebbronville]].

The nearest metropolitan areas are [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], {{convert|45|mi}} to the east, and [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], {{convert|98|mi}} to the west.

==Climate==
* Annual average temperature: {{convert|71.4|°F|°C}}
* January average temperature: {{convert|55.1|°F|°C}}
* July average temperature: {{convert|84.1|°F|°C}}
* Average annual rainfall: 30.13&nbsp;inches
* Wettest month: September (5.52&nbsp;inches)
* Driest month: March (0.94&nbsp;inches)
* Growing season: 289 days
* The last snowfall was December 8, 2017. 
* {{convert|115|F}} was the highest temperature ever recorded in the city.
* {{convert|12|F}} was the lowest temperature ever recorded in the city.
* 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Powell|first=Jamie|url=http://www.caller.com/news/2010/apr/26/quakes-cause-mix-of-science-and-chance/|title=Quake's cause: Mix of science and chance|date=April 27, 2010|work=Corpus Christi Caller-Times|access-date=April 23, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224032935/http://www.caller.com/news/2010/apr/26/quakes-cause-mix-of-science-and-chance/|archive-date=February 24, 2012}}</ref>

The data below are from the Western Regional Climate Center, recorded over the period from 1893 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?tx0144|title=ALICE, TEXAS - Climate Summary|website=Western Regional Climate Center|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|Apr record high F=107
|Apr high F=84.3
|Apr low F=61.6
|Apr record low F=31
|Apr precipitation inch=1.54
|Apr snow inch=0
|Aug record high F=110
|Aug high F=97.4
|Aug low F=74.0
|Aug record low F=61
|Aug precipitation inch=2.32
|Aug snow inch=0
|Dec record high F=94
|Dec high F=69.2
|Dec low F=46.6
|Dec record low F=12
|Dec precipitation inch=1.43
|Dec snow inch=0.1
|Feb record high F=100
|Feb high F=71.9
|Feb low F=48.2
|Feb record low F=15
|Feb precipitation inch=1.49
|Feb snow inch=0
|Jan record high F=93
|Jan high F=67.4
|Jan low F=44.8
|Jan record low F=12
|Jan precipitation inch=1.30
|Jan snow inch=0
|Jul record high F=111
|Jul high F=96.5
|Jul low F=73.9
|Jul record low F=61
|Jul precipitation inch=2.23
|Jul snow inch=0
|Jun record high F=111
|Jun high F=93.9
|Jun low F=72.7
|Jun record low F=52
|Jun precipitation inch=3.12
|Jun snow inch=0
|Mar record high F=104
|Mar high F=78.0
|Mar low F=54.1
|Mar record low F=21
|Mar precipitation inch=1.31
|Mar snow inch=0
|May record high F=108
|May high F=89.0
|May low F=68.0
|May record low F=43
|May precipitation inch=3.10
|May snow inch=0
|Nov record high F=97
|Nov high F=76.8
|Nov low F=53.6
|Nov record low F=22
|Nov precipitation inch=1.56
|Nov snow inch=0
|Oct record high F=102
|Oct high F=85.9
|Oct low F=62.1
|Oct record low F=28
|Oct precipitation inch=2.87
|Oct snow inch=0
|Sep record high F=110
|Sep high F=92.4
|Sep low F=70.4
|Sep record low F=45
|Sep precipitation inch=4.56
|Sep snow inch=0
|single line=Y
|precipitation colour=green
|source 1=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?tx0144
|location=Alice, TX}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1910 = 2136
| 1920 = 1880
| 1930 = 4239
| 1940 = 7792
| 1950 = 16449
| 1960 = 20861
| 1970 = 20121
| 1980 = 20961
| 1990 = 19788
| 2000 = 19010
| 2010 = 19104
| 2020 = 17891
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 17697
| estref = 
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

Alice city annexed the unincorporated community of Alice Southwest prior to the [[1980 U.S. Census]].


{| class="wikitable"
|+Alice racial composition as of 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monoracial Breakdown in Alice (2022) |url=https://datacommons.org/tools/visualization#visType=timeline&place=geoId/4801852&sv=%7B%22dcid%22:%22Count_Person_WhiteAlone%22%7D___%7B%22dcid%22:%22Count_Person_BlackOrAfricanAmericanAlone%22%7D___%7B%22dcid%22:%22Count_Person_HispanicOrLatino%22%7D___%7B%22dcid%22:%22Count_Person_AsianAlone%22%7D___%7B%22dcid%22:%22Count_Person_AmericanIndianAndAlaskaNativeAlone%22%7D___%7B%22dcid%22:%22Count_Person_NativeHawaiianOrOtherPacificIslanderAlone%22%7D___%7B%22dcid%22:%22Count_Person_SomeOtherRaceAlone%22%7D |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=datacommons.org}}</ref><br> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/en.html|title=Census.gov|website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|14,922
|{{percentage bar|46.64}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|146
|{{percentage bar|0.46}}
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|218
|{{percentage bar|0.68}}
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|129
|{{percentage bar|0.40}}
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|80
|{{percentage bar|0.25}}
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|716
|{{percentage bar|2.24}}
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|15,780
|{{percentage bar|49.33}}
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''31,991'''
|
|}

According to the 2022 United States census estimates, there were 17,697 people, 5,955 households, and 4,535 families residing in the city.

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Alice racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4801852&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|2,120
|11.85%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|106
|0.59%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|10
|0.06%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|110
|0.61%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|7
|0.04%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|40
|0.22%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|146
|0.82%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|15,352
|85.81%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''17,891'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 17,891 people, 6,129 households, and 4,362 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" />  19,010 people, 6,400 households and 4,915 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,597.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 6,998 housing units averaged 588.0 per square mile (227.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 77.44% White, 0.86% African American, 0.53% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 18.07% from other races, and 2.41% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 78.05% of the population.

Of the 6,400 households, 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were not families. About 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.39.

Age distribution was 30.3% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.

The median household income was $30,365, and the median family income was $34,276. Males had a median income of $32,409 versus $17,101 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,118. About 17.9% of families and 21.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.4% of those under age 18 and 20.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[File:Jim wells courthouse.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Jim Wells County]] Courthouse, architect Atlee B. Ayres]]
[[File:One Hour Photo - Alice Texas.jpg|200px|thumb|One hour photo in Alice]]
Today, Alice's economy is centered on the oil industry, with more than 100 different [[oil field]] companies located around the Alice area. Alice is called the "Hub City" due to its geographical location between Corpus Christi, [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]], Laredo, and [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]. Its location between these cities makes it an ideal center for distribution.

{{As of|2009}}, Alice has an [[unemployment rate]] of 6.30% when the U.S. average was 8.50%. <!-- out of date Recent job growth has been negative and the number of jobs in Alice has decreased by 1.10%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestplaces.net/city/Alice-Texas.aspx|title=Page Not Found|website=www.bestplaces.net|access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref> -->

==Transportation==

===Highways===
* [[File:US 281.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 281 in Texas|U.S. Highway 281]]
* [[File:I-69C.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 69C]] – I-69C will be concurrent with U.S. Highway 281.
* [[File:Texas 44.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 44|State Highway 44]]
* [[File:Texas 359.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 359|State Highway 359]]
* [[File:Texas FM 665.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 665|FM 665]]

===Air travel===
* [[Alice International Airport]] – general-aviation airport with no scheduled service

===Railways===
* [[Texas Mexican Railway]] – now owned by [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]], which connects [[Monterrey]], Mexico, via Laredo, to the Port of Corpus Christi

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Alice Independent School District]].

===Higher education===
* [[Coastal Bend College]] provides vocational and academic courses for certification or associate degrees. The college also works with local businesses and industry to customize training and education classes for employees.

===Public===

* High school – grades 9–12 – [[Alice High School]]
* Junior high – grades 6–8 – William Adams Middle School
* Elementary schools – grades K–5 – Dubose, Noonan, Saenz, and Schallert

===Private===

* St. Elizabeth School, grades Pre-K3–6
* St. Joseph School, grades PreK3–9 (Now closed)
* Alice Christian School, grades K–12
* Agape House, grades PreK–12
* Alice Migrant Head Start

==Notable people==

* [[James P. Allison]], immunologist, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Lasker Prize, and the Breakthrough Prize for his development of cancer immunotherapy
* [[Chris Brazzell]], [[Canadian Football League]] player and ex NFL player, born May 22, 1976, and played on the Alice High School football team: He was drafted to the NFL in 1998 to the [[New York Jets]] as the 174th overall pick in the sixth round
* [[Marv Brown]], NFL player with the [[Detroit Lions]] in 1957 born August 15 1930
* [[Sonny Brown]], Houston Oiler, MVP of the [[1985 Orange Bowl]] that earned his team the Oklahoma Sooners a national championship; graduated from Alice High in 1982 where he was 2nd-team all-state quarterback
* [[Lois Chiles]], born April 15, 1947, top 1970s [[fashion model]] and actress, most famous for her role as [[Bond girl]] [[Holly Goodhead]] in ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''
* [[John D. W. Corley|John Donald Wesley Corley]] (born 1951 and Alice High School graduate of 1969), retired four-star general in the United States Air Force
* [[Robert F. Curl Jr.]], [[Nobel Prize]] winner, born on August 23, 1933, in Alice; emeritus professor of chemistry at [[Rice University]]. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1996 for the discovery of [[fullerene]] (with the late [[Richard Smalley]], also of Rice University, and [[Harold Kroto]] of the [[University of Sussex]])
* [[J. Frank Dobie]], award-winning author who taught at UT Austin, moved to Alice at 16 until he graduated from WAHS
* [[Bill Henry (baseball, born 1927)|Bill Henry]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher from 1952 to 1969; played on six clubs including the [[Houston Astros]] and [[Boston Red Sox]]
* [[Raymond L. Johnson]], mathematician; first African American student admitted to [[Rice University]] (PhD, 1969)
* [[Murder of Bill Mason|Bill Mason]], journalist murdered in 1949 after exposing corruption in local law enforcement
*[[Richard Raymond (Texas politician)|Richard Raymond]], born in Alice on October 27, 1960; Democratic member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] currently representing District 42, which encompasses western [[Webb County, Texas|Webb County]] and includes most of the city of Laredo
* [[Angela Salinas|Brigadier General Angela Salinas]], commanding general of [[Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego]]: She assumed command on August 4, 2006, becoming the first woman to command the Recruit Depot
* Brothers [[Jim Tyrone|Jim]] and [[Wayne Tyrone]], both born in Alice; Major League Baseball outfielders
* [[Reality Winner]] (born 1991), American intelligence specialist pled guilty to felony transmission of national defense information.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/reality-winner-nsa-leak-guilty-plea.html|title=Reality Winner, N.S.A. Contractor Accused in Leak, Pleads Guilty|first1=Charlie|last1=Savage|first2=Alan|last2=Blinder|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 26, 2018|access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Larry T. Beasley]], President and CEO of ''[[The Washington Times]]'', newspaper, 2012–present<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alicetx.com/news/20191114/alice-native-celebrates-his-career-with-washington-times |title=Alice native celebrates his career with The Washington Times |date=November 14, 2019 |website=Alice Echo News Journal |publisher=Gannett Co. |access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>
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==Outdoor activities==
Alice and its surrounding areas have an abundance of wildlife, so hunting, fishing, and bird watching are favorite activities, and wild game hunting leases are available through [[Texas Parks and Wildlife]]. Golfers have two courses from which to choose 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 nine-hole Alice Country Club golf course, east of town.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.cityofalice.org/ City of Alice official website]

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