Alice, Texas | |
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![]() The water tower in Alice on Hwy 44 | |
Nickname: The Hub City of South Texas | |
Coordinates: 27°45′2″N 98°4′14″W / 27.75056°N 98.07056°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Jim Wells |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• City Council | Mayor Cynthia Carasco Robert Molina Pete Beltran Mauricio Garza Sandra Bowen |
• City Manager | Michael Esparza |
Area | |
• Total | 12.58 sq mi (32.58 km2) |
• Land | 11.99 sq mi (31.06 km2) |
• Water | 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km2) |
Elevation | 202 ft (62 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 17,891 |
• Estimate (2022) | 17,697 |
• Density | 1,491.9/sq mi (576.0/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 78332, 78333 |
Area code | 361 |
FIPS code | 48-01852[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 1329361[4] |
Website | www |
Alice is a city in, and the county seat of, Jim Wells County, Texas, United States,[5] in the South Texas region of the state. The population was 19,104 at the 2010 census.[6] 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.