Do you know of Acton ???

When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer - that's the case with Acton.

This entry has been created as a placeholder - we hope to develop more information in the future.

This entry could be in error. It might be that our source had a mis-print, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. We hope to learn more about Acton in the future.

We found mention of Acton as a post office, but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marion County, Ohio.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Acton, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

Adding Acton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Acton was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Acton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Acton:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Acton - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned