Acmar, Alabama

Acmar is a former unincorporated community and neighborhood within the city of Moody in St. Clair County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Acmar, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Acmar, Alabama
Acmar, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°37′17″N 86°29′46″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountySt. Clair
Elevation
804 ft (245 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID164535[1]

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. The community was later annexed into the city of Moody.

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]

Demographics

Acmar Precinct (1930-50)
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19301,965—
19401,850−5.9%
19501,616−12.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Acmar village has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census as an unincorporated community. However, the 26th precinct within St. Clair County bore its name from 1930–1950.[8] In the 1930 and 1940[9] returns, when the census recorded racial statistics for the precincts, both times reported a White majority for the precinct. In 1960, the precincts were merged and/or reorganized into census divisions (as part of a general reorganization of counties) and it was consolidated into the census division of Moody.[10] The village itself was later annexed into the city of Moody.

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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.
  7. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  8. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf
  9. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33973538v2p1ch4.pdf
  10. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf



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