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Welcome to Acme ...

Acme is located in Lane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Acme, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Acme is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Acme lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Acme: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Acme ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 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, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Acme ...

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

  • Reedsport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Dunes City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dunes City is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
  • Point Terrace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Point Terrace is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Terrace
  • Westlake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mapleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Swisshome
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Deadwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gardiner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Umpqua City ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Umpqua City is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpqua City
  • Alpha
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Alpha is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha

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 Acme. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Acme.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Acme. 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 Acme.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Acme ...

Looking for more information about Acme? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Acme, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Acme.

Adding Acme to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Acme 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 (so far) for Acme was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Acme post office opened in 1885. The Acme post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Acme.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Acme - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Acme area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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