Alum, Texas

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| name = Alum

| settlement_type = Ghost town

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| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Texas

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Wilson County

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = before 1900

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| named_for = nearby Alum Creek

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Alum is a ghost town in Wilson County, in the U.S. state of Texas.{{GNIS|1379337}}

History

The first settlement was made at Alum before 1900.{{Handbook of Texas|id=hra32|name=Alum}} The community took its name from nearby Alum Creek.{{cite book|last=Tarpley|first=Fred|title=1001 Texas Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4B7n7pJyZIC&pg=PA8|date=5 July 2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-78693-6|page=8}} The town had dwindled to a few houses in the 1990s, and was abandoned before 2000.{{Cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Alum, TX |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/alum-tx |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Wilson County, Texas

Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas