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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. |
1940s
Hudspeth County map showing Acala
(Below "H" in "H-U-D-S-P-E-T-H")
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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