Acala, Texas
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Acala, Texas
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
Census designated place
|pushpin_map = Texas
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Texas
|pushpin_relief = y
|pushpin_label = Acala
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Texas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Hudspeth
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
|utc_offset = -7
|timezone_DST = MDT
|utc_offset_DST = -6
|elevation_ft = 3576
|coordinates = {{coord|31|20|04|N|105|54|10|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 79839
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 915
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 48-01084
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 2805795{{GNIS|1379310}}
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 11
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
}}
Acala is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. The community is located on Highway 20 {{convert|34|miles}} northwest of Sierra Blanca and {{convert|54|miles}} southeast of El Paso. The community has a population in 2020 of 11. Acala was named for acala cotton, a type of cotton produced in Mexico.{{cite book |last=Bright |first=William |title=Native American Placenames of the Southwest: A Handbook for Travelers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mkJb4K775nQC&pg=PT27 |year=2013 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-8916-1 |page=27 |via=Google Books}}
History
The area was settled in the early 20th century and a post office was established in 1925.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hna03 |title=Acala, Texas |last=Kohout |first=Martin Donell |encyclopedia=Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association}} In 1929, the population had doubled to 100 from its 50 residents just a few years before. It peaked again in the late 1950s at 100 but began to decline again. Only 25 people called Acala home by the 1970s.
Education
It is in the Fort Hancock Independent School District.{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48229_hudspeth/DC20SD_C48229.pdf |title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hudspeth County, TX |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=2022-06-21}} Fort Hancock High School is the district's comprehensive high school.
Demographics
{{US Census population
| 1920 = 50
| 1930 = 100
| 1950 = 100
| 1970n = 25
| 2020 = 11
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 11
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850–1900{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/49-population-tx.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1910{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-tx-p1.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-tx-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1930{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch10.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1940{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1950{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-46.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1960{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/33255142v1p45ch02.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1970{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00496492v1p45s1ch02.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1980{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/texas/1980a_txab-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1990{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 2000{{Cite web|title=2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-45.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
2010{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 2020
}}
Acala first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}
=2020 census=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Acala, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition !Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) !Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Acala CDP, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4801084&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}} !% 2020 |
| White alone (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Black or African American alone (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Asian alone (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|11 |100.00% |
| Total
|11 |100.00% |