Acmar, Alabama

Acmar, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Acmar, Alabama Acmar, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°37′17″N 86°29′46″W / 33.62139°N 86.49611°WCoordinates: 33°37′17″N 86°29′46″W / 33.62139°N 86.49611°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	St. Clair
Elevation	804 ft (245 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	205
GNIS feature ID	164535[1]

Acmar is an unincorporated community in St. Clair County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.

History

Henry F. DeBardeleben, founder of the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company (AFICO), opened two coal mines at Acmar.^[2] The mines were serviced by the Central of Georgia Railway, with coal production peaking in 1926.^[2] In October 1935, one miner was killed and six were injured when strikers belonging to the United Mine Workers of America attempted to drive into the mines.^[3] The mines at Acmar closed in 1951.

A post office was established at Acmar in 1911, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1987.^[4] Acmar is a conjoin of the names Acton and Margaret^[5] AFICO also operated mines at both of these locations.^[2]

The Cahaba River originates near Acmar.^[6]

References

1. "Acmar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. James Sanders Day (24 June 2013). Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field. University of Alabama Press. pp. 64–86. ISBN 978-0-8173-1794-2.
3. Robert H. Woodrum (2007). "Everybody was Black Down There": Race and Industrial Change in the Alabama Coalfields. University of Georgia Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8203-2739-6.
4. "St. Clair County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
5. Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8173-0410-2.
6. Eddie Wayne Shell (2013). Evolution of the Alabama Agroecosystem: Always Keeping Up, but Never Catching Up. NewSouth Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-60306-203-9.