Acton
Acton is an unincorporated community located approximately seven miles due east of Granbury on the Brazos River in Hood County, Texas, United States. Acton was formerly called Commanche Peak and was later renamed to Acton, possibly after the old English word meaning "oak town", a reference to the large stands of oak trees in the vicinity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Texas, United States of America
- Also known as: “Acton, Texas”, “Acton, TX”, and “Comanche Peak”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Granbury.
Granbury
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Granbury is a city in and the county seat of Hood County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 10,958, and it is the principal city of the Granbury micropolitan statistical area.
Acton
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Hood, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.44681° or 32° 26′ 49″ northLongitude
-97.6903° or 97° 41′ 25″ westElevation
791 feet (241 metres)United Nations Location Code
US TZOOpen location code
8644C8W5+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 151470609OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4669733Wikidata ID
Q4677657
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