Alum, Texas facts for kids

Alum is a ghost town located in Wilson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. A ghost town is a place that used to be a community but is now mostly empty, with few or no people living there.

The History of Alum

People first started living in the area known as Alum before the year 1900. The community got its name from a nearby stream called Alum Creek.

For some time, Alum was a small but active place. However, as years passed, fewer and fewer people lived there. By the 1990s, only a few houses remained. Eventually, before the year 2000, everyone moved away, and Alum became a true ghost town.