Alsa, Texas
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Alsa, Texas | |
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  Alsa  Alsa | |
| Coordinates: 32°49′06″N 96°02′02″W / 32.81833°N 96.03389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Van Zandt |
| Elevation | 538 ft (164 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 903, 430 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1377928[1] |
Alsa is an unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000.
Alsa, a farming community eight miles north of Wills Point in northwestern Van Zandt County, had a post office from 1894 to 1907. According to one source the town was established by Bill Starnes, a Confederate veteran who opened a store shortly after the Civil War and named the settlement for his boyhood sweetheart. Alsa school, established after 1890, joined the Wills Point Independent School District in the early 1950s.[2]
