title: Alum, Texas
text: # Alum, Texas
  
  Alum is a ghost town in Wilson County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
  
  ## History
  
  The first settlement was made at Alum before 1900. The community took its name from nearby Alum Creek. The town had dwindled to a few houses in the 1990s, and was abandoned before 2000.
  
  