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Acton,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 26' 46.574088",
-97° 41' 25.532376"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
The oldest community in what is now Hood County, Acton was settled during the 1850's. First called Comanche Peak when a post office was established here on March 10, 1856, the town was renamed Acton before the post office was reopened, March 16, 1868. Clarence P. Hollis, pioneer merchant and early postmaster, donated 1.43 acres of land for this public square in the 1860's. Once the hub of commercial activity, the square declined after many of the buildings around it burned. The site was resurveyed in 1974 and restored as center of this rural community. (1976)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Acton Public Square Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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