Alum | |
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  Alum | |
| Coordinates: Coordinates: 29°17′43″N97°57′53″W / 29.29528°N 97.96472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Wilson County |
| Settled | before 1900 |
| Named for | nearby Alum Creek |
Alum is a ghost town in Wilson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1]
The first settlement was made at Alum before 1900. [2] The community took its name from nearby Alum Creek. [3]
An alum is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula X Al(SO
4)
2·12 H
2O, where X is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium. By itself, "alum" often refers to potassium alum, with the formula KAl(SO
4)
2·12 H
2O. Other alums are named after the monovalent ion, such as sodium alum and ammonium alum.
Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Bastrop.
Alum Rock is a district of San Jose, California, located in East San Jose. Formerly an independent town, it is now a neighborhood of San Jose, though some portions are still unincorporated as a census-designated place. Alum Rock is one of San Jose's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican-American districts. It is home to Alum Rock Park, the oldest municipal park in California and one of the largest in the country.
Alum Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha and Lincoln counties along the Coal River in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It includes the unincorporated communities of Alum Creek, Forks of Coal, and Priestley. The CDP had a population of 1,749 at the 2010 census, down from 1,839 at the 2000 census.
A deodorant is a substance applied to the body to prevent or mask body odor due to bacterial breakdown of perspiration in the armpits, groin, and in the foot, and in some cases vaginal secretions. A subclass of deodorants, called antiperspirants, prevents sweating itself, typically by blocking sweat glands. Antiperspirants are used on a wider range of body parts, at any place where sweat would be inconvenient or unsafe, since unwanted sweating can interfere with comfort, vision, and grip. Other types of deodorant allow sweating but prevent bacterial action on sweat, since human sweat only has a noticeable smell when it is decomposed by bacteria.
Alum Rock Park, in the Alum Rock district of San Jose, California, is California's oldest municipal park, established in 1872 but serving as public land since the pueblo was established in 1777. Located in a valley in the Diablo Range foothills on the east side of San Jose, the 720 acre (2.9 km2) park offers 13 miles (21 km) of trails, varying from fairly level along Penitencia Creek to sharp switchbacks climbing to the ridges to the South Rim Trail and the North Rim Trail. The narrow floor of the valley includes a visitor center, a small museum/animal rehab facility, picnic areas, playgrounds, lawns, sand volleyball pits, mineral springs, lush plant life, woodlands, creek play opportunities, and occasional group camping.
The Woodlands High School is a public high school in The Woodlands CDP, in unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas and is a part of the Conroe Independent School District. Some of the Montgomery County portion of The Woodlands and a portion of the city of Conroe is served by The Woodlands High School. In 2018, the school received an A grade from the Texas Education Agency.
Alum Creek is 58-mile (93 km) long creek that runs north to south in central Ohio. The creek originates in Morrow County and then flows through Delaware County and finally into Franklin County, where it ends at Big Walnut Creek, which drains into the Scioto River. Alum Creek is a source of drinking water for the city of Westerville, Ohio.
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Alum Creek is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
Alum Springs is a ghost town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Alum Springs was 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Maxwelton. Alum Springs appeared on USGS maps as late as 1923.
Alum Creek may refer to:
Glen Alum is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
Natalie Cammile Adams is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly events. She represented the United States in the 200-meter butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.
Melba Jean Trinidad Vasquez is an American psychologist who served as the 2011 president of the American Psychological Association (APA). Vasquez was the APA's first Latina president. She has authored multiple works on ethics in psychotherapy. She is in private practice in Texas.
Alum Creek is a stream in Wilson County, Texas, in the United States. It is a tributary of Cibolo Creek.
Alum Creek is an unincorporated community in Delaware County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Julie James Doyle is an American professional soccer player who played for Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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Municipalities and communities of Wilson County, Texas, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |