Editing Acme, Washington (section)

{{short description|A Census Designated Place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.}}
{{infobox settlement
| official_name      = Acme, Washington
| settlement_type    = [[Census Designated Place]]
| etymology          = Greek word meaning "culmination" or "top or highest point
| image_skyline      = 
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Acme Post Office
| image_map          = Whatcom_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Acme_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Acme, Washington
|pushpin_map         = USA#USA Washington
|pushpin_relief      = 
|pushpin_label       = Acme
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Acme, Washington.
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Washington|County]]
 |subdivision_name2  = [[Whatcom County, Washington|Whatcom County]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_type    = [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]]
| governing_body     = [[Whatcom County, Washington|Whatcom County]]
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 25.4
| area_land_km2      = 25.4
| area_water_km2     = 0.0
| area_total_sq_mi   = 9.8
| area_land_sq_mi    = 9.8
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[United States census, 2020|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 229
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = PDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -7
| coordinates        = {{coord|48|42|57|N|122|12|28|W|type:city_region:US-WA_source:GNIS|name=Acme, Washington|display=it}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 325
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 98220
| area_code          = [[Area code 360|360]]
| area_code_type     = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| blank_name         = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
| blank_info         = 2407694<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407694}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank1_info        = {{FIPS|53|00275}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Acme''' is a rural [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and a [[census-designated place]] in [[Whatcom County, Washington]], United States. There is a general store, post office, gas station, diner, elementary school and two churches located there. Acme is also included in, and the source-name for, a larger [[census-designated place]] (CDP). The Census Bureau no longer tracks the population for the village itself, but for the entire CDP the population was 229 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Acme, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Acme_CDP,_Washington?g=160XX00US5300275 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> down from 246 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].

Acme is located in the South Fork Valley between the northern [[Cascade Range|Cascade Mountains]] and [[Lake Whatcom]].