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History in
a Cotton Boll
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. |
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