Acala, Texas

Acala, Texas
Ghost Town
Acala, Texas Location within Texas
Coordinates: 31°20′02″N 105°54′52″W / 31.33389°N 105.91444°WCoordinates: 31°20′02″N 105°54′52″W / 31.33389°N 105.91444°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Hudspeth
Elevation	3,553 ft (1,083 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	79839
Area code	915
GNIS feature ID	1379310

Acala, Texas is a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas, thirty-four miles northwest of Sierra Blanca and fifty-four miles southeast of El Paso, with a current population of about 25.^[1] Acala is located on Highway 20. Acala was named for Acala cotton. a type of cotton produced in Mexico.^[2]

History

The area was settled in the early 20th century, when a post office was established before 1925.^[3] In 1929, the population had doubled to a hundred from its fifty residents just a couple of years before. It peaked again in the late '50s, at one hundred people, but began to fall, once again. Only twenty-five people called Acala home by the 1970s. Since then it has remained at that size.

References

1. Acala at TexasEscapes
2. Bright, William (11 March 2013). Native American Placenames of the Southwest: A Handbook for Travelers. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8061-8916-1.
3. Kohout, Martin Donell. "Acala, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.