ACTON, TEXAS. Acton is on State Highway 4 five miles east of Granbury in Hood County. The site was cleared in 1866, when the area was in Johnson County. Acton is the oldest known settlement in Hood County. As early as 1845 there were reports of surveyors working in the area. Among the first white settlers was Charles Barnard,^qv who built a trading post on the Brazos River in order to trade with the nearby Indians. It was reported that the friendly Caddo Indians in the area assisted in the defense of the settlers against the fierce Comanche's. In 1856 the settlement received a post office with the strange name Comanche Peak

Around 1861 the townspeople were commissioned to select a new name for the area,  the permanent choice was Acton. It was suggested that the name was derived from Oak Town, due to the large number of oak trees growing in the area.