Acton
Acton is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is partially located within the city of Hoover. It is not to be confused with the village of Acton, approximately 6+1⁄2 miles to the northeast in Jefferson County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Alabama, United States
- Also known as: “Acton, AL” and “Acton, Alabama”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Riverchase Galleria and Aldridge Botanical Gardens.
Riverchase Galleria
Shopping center
Riverchase Galleria, locally known as The Galleria, is a large, super–regional shopping mall and mixed use development in Hoover, Alabama, in the Greater Birmingham metropolitan area.
Aldridge Botanical Gardens
Garden
Photo: Joshua Crauswell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aldridge Gardens is a 30-acre lake with walking trails. Public lectures and educational activities are scheduled throughout the year. Aldridge Botanical Gardens is situated 2½ miles north of Acton.
Hoover High School
School building
Hoover High School is a four-year public high school in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Hoover. It is one of two high schools in the Hoover City School System and one of three International Baccalaureate schools in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. Hoover High School is situated 2 miles southwest of Acton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoover and Indian Springs Village.
Hoover
Hoover is a city in the Birmingham urban area in Metropolitan Alabama, south of central Birmingham. While most nearby attractions in the area are in the city of Birmingham, Hoover is an important shopping/retail area.Indian Springs Village
Village
Indian Springs Village is a town in Shelby County, Alabama, United States, in the Birmingham metropolitan area. It incorporated effective November 14, 1990. Indian Springs Village is situated 3 miles east of Acton.
Helena
Town
Photo: Civilengtiger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Helena is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in the state of Alabama. Helena is considered a suburb of Birmingham and part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. Helena is situated 4½ miles southwest of Acton.
Acton
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Shelby, Alabama, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.35616° or 33° 21′ 22″ northLongitude
-86.80704° or 86° 48′ 25″ westElevation
505 feet (154 metres)Open location code
865M954V+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 153513211OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Acton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿克頓”
- French: “Acton”
- Persian: “اکتون، آلاباما”
- Persian: “اکتون”
- South Azerbaijani: “آکتون، آلاباما”
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