Acala, Texas (ghost town)

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Named after the Spanish name for a type of cotton, Acala's history is mainly its population. According to the Handbook of Texas, a post office was opened in the 1920s and 1927 saw 50 Acalans calling it home. In the boom-bust year of 1929 the town reached its high-water mark of 100.

The Great Depression reduced the town to a mere ten persons before rebounding to 75 by the decade's end.

In the late fifties it regained its record population of 100 but a slow decline set in and by 1975 it was back down to 25 which is the last figure available.

(Courtesy of TexasEscapes.com)
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Coordinates:   31°20'4"N   105°54'54"W
This article was last modified 17 years ago