Acme, Texas

Acme is a ghost town in Hardeman County, Texas, United States.

[3] A large deposit of gypsum was discovered by businessman James Sickler in 1890, who moved his Kansas operation to the area to exploit the deposit, and renamed it the Lone Star Cement Plaster Company, which began the city of Acme.

[3] Ten years later, Acme had a store, school, hotel and railroad depot.

[3] Beginning the 1980s, the Georgia Pacific Corporation began manufacturing gypsum board in the town, although no permanent residents live there.

[3] While a few of the original buildings are still standing, including the railroad depot, many were bulldozed in the late 20th century.