Welcome to Acme ...

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

We've added Acme to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Acme - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Acme, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Acme , we believe that it would have been located within present day Tallapoosa County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Acme, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Time Zone: The area where Acme was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Acme was located: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Acme ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Acme - they are located in Alberta, California, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Adding Acme to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Acme was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Acme post office opened in 1898.

We also found Acme on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Acme.

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 Acme, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Tallapoosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Acme area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Acme area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/