Acton, Florida

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Acton was a community in Polk County, Florida, United States. The town was situated two miles east of Lakeland, which it preceded. It was a settlement of English people from Great Britain.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5hxDwAAQBAJ&dq=acton+community+freeze&pg=PT22|title=Florida Place Names: Alachua to Zolfo Springs|first=Allen|last=Morris|date=October 17, 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781561648399|via=Google Books}} It was established in 1884 named for Lord Acton. The community began dispersing to Lakeland in 1889 and disappeared after the great freeze of 1894. A historical marker in Interlachen Park commemorates its history.

The South Florida Railroad advertised a route through the community.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OB00gJIet0kC&dq=acton+lakeland&pg=PT4|title=The American Angler|date=May 3, 1887|publisher=Angler's Publishing Company, Limited.|via=Google Books}} An episcopal church was built in the community and later moved to Lakeland.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7toBAAAAMAAJ&dq=acton+lakeland&pg=PA458|title=History of Florida: Past and Present, Historical and Biographical|first=Harry Gardner|last=Cutler|date=May 3, 1923|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}