Ackworth (other)
Ackworth may refer to: * Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England ** Ackworth railway station, closed many years ago * Ackworth, Iowa, US See also * Acworth (other) Acworth may refer to: People *Acworth (surname) Places * Acworth, Georgia, US ** Lake Acworth, lake in Acworth, Georgia * Acworth, New Hampshire, US See also * Ackworth (other) Ackworth may refer to: * Ackworth, West Yorkshire, Eng ...

Ackworth, West Yorkshire
Ackworth is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It stands between Pontefract, Barnsley and Doncaster on the River Went. It has four parts: High Ackworth, Low Ackworth, Ackworth Moor Top, and Brackenhill. The 2001 census gave it a population of 6,493, which rose to 7,049 at the 2011 Census. There is also a city ward called Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton, with a 2011 Census population of 16,099. History Name The name of the village may derive from one of two sources. The first is from the Anglo-Saxon words ''ake'' or ''aken'', meaning oak, and ''uurt'', equivalent to "worth", meaning an enclosure or homestead.English place names , The Anglo Saxons
The other possibility is from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Acca'', to make Acca's worth o ...
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Ackworth Railway Station
Ackworth railway station was a railway station serving Ackworth in the English county of West Yorkshire. History The station was opened by the Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway, which became a joint railway between the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai .... Site today Trains pass on the Dearne Valley line, but there is no longer a station at Ackworth. References * * * Service External links Station on navigable O.S. map Disused railway stations in Wakefield Former Swinton and Knottingley Joint Rail ...
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Ackworth, Iowa
Ackworth is a city in Warren County, Iowa, United States. The population was 115 at the 2020 census. History Ackworth was laid out in 1874. The community most likely was named after the Ackworth School, in England. In 1878, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was extended to the town. Ackworth was incorporated in 1881. Geography Ackworth is located at (41.365115, -93.473235). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics Ackworth is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 83 people, 33 households, and 26 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 38 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population. There were 33 households, of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.7% ...
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