[2] Another version states that the town was named for John Alsuma, a local merchant.

[3][4] According to a long-time resident, the town was renamed for three women: Alice, Susan and Mabel.

Legend has it that a squabble among the three town leaders about an appropriate name was settled in a face saving way.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad (locally known as MKT or Katy) ran through Alsuma and built a station there in 1909.

The railroad renamed the station either Trovillion or Troxillion in 1926, but the sign was repeatedly stolen until the company restored the Alsuma signage.

The Alsuma area seemed to be an attractive locale for an airfield, in the early days of flying.

Built on a 160 acres (65 ha) tract, it had a sod (unpaved) runway and two hangars.

Alsuma had its own park, where both black and white children played during the era of segregation.