| Alum | |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Texas |
| Coordinates: | 29.2953°N -97.9647°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wilson County |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | before 1900 |
| Named For: | nearby Alum Creek |
Alum is a ghost town in Wilson County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
The first settlement was made at Alum before 1900. The community took its name from nearby Alum Creek.[1] The town had dwindled to a few houses in the 1990s, and was abandoned before 2000.[2]