Welcome to Acton ...
Acton is located Acton is located in Hood County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Acton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861. Acton is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Acton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Acton - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Acton. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Acton. 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. Looking for more information about Acton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Acton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Acton. We originally found mention of Acton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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.<5> We also found Acton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Acton.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Acton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Hood County: www.co.hood.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Acton ...
Adding Acton to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Acton post office opened in 1861.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Acton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <4> 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. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/