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Welcome to Acton ...

So far, we found very little information about Acton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Acton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Acton, please Contact Us.


Acton would have been located within present day Harris County<2>.


The location of Acton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Acton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Acton is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Acton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Acton (for example, toward Opelika (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Acton would have been located in the (706) and (762)<5> area codes.

Websites for Acton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.harriscountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Acton, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Acton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Acton - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Acton.

Communities near Acton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Acton.

  • Columbus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Maridale Estates
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maridale Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
    • Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
  • Phenix City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phenix City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix City
    • Phenix City is located in Russell County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,392 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phenix City <6>
  • Saint Marys Hills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Marys Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
    • Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
  • Branton Woods
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branton Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
    • Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
  • Mountain Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
    • Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
  • Cusseta Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cusseta Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta Heights
    • Cusseta Heights is located in Muscogee County
    • Estimated population in 2018: 10,684 people
  • Valley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
    • Valley is located in Chambers County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley <6>
  • Lanett
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanett
    • Lanett is located in Chambers County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,054 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lanett <6>
  • Smith's Station
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smith's Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
    • Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Acton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Acton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Acton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Acton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Acton. See our Newspapers Page for Acton.

Adding Acton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Acton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Acton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Acton post office opened in 1891.

We also found Acton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Acton.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Acton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Harris, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Acton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (762) is an overlay for area code (706).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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