Alfred, TX

Alfred is an unincorporated community and census-designated place northeast of Alice in Jim Wells County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 82 residents. Alfred is known for the outdoor flea markets held on the first whole weekend of the month. Alfred is on State Highway 359, twelve miles northeast of Alice in northeastern Jim Wells County. In Alfred, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Alfred, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The community was founded in 1888, when the site was in Nueces County, and was originally named Driscoll.