Choccolocco, Alabama

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Choccolocco, Alabama
Calhoun County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Choccolocco Highlighted 0114728.svg
Location of Choccolocco in Calhoun County, Alabama.
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Coordinates: 33°39′33″N85°42′13″W / 33.65917°N 85.70361°W / 33.65917; -85.70361
Country United States
State Alabama
County Calhoun
Area
[1]
  Total11.78 sq mi (30.52 km2)
  Land11.65 sq mi (30.16 km2)
  Water0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)
Elevation
679 ft (207 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total2,838
  Density243.69/sq mi (94.09/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36207 [2]
Area code(s) 256 & 938
GNIS feature ID159400 [3]

Choccolocco is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,804. [4] It was founded in 1832.

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The name Choccolocco is an anglicization of the Creek words "chahko lago" ("big shoals") or "choko rakko" ("big house"); sources vary. [5] [6]

The community gained brief notoriety in 2001 when The Daily Show aired a piece on the "Choccolocco Monster", [7] a part of local folklore concerning sightings of a mysterious creature in the area in the late 1960s. An October 2001 article in the Anniston Star newspaper revealed that the creature was, in fact, local resident Neal Williamson. As a teenager, Williamson would don his costume (consisting of a cow skull and a sheet) and gain the attention of passing cars by jumping out of the woods onto the roadside, often startling motorists. [8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2000 601
2010 2,804366.6%
2020 2,8381.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [9]

Choccolocco first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as a town, but did not appear again until 2010 when it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

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References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. "Choccolocco AL ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  3. "Choccolocco". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Choccolocco CDP, Alabama". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  5. "Choccolocco State Forest". Alabama Forestry Commission . Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  6. "Choccolocco Alabama" . Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  7. Ghosts Near Mississippi | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
  8. The Anniston Star - The Choccolocco Monster: Jokester reveals 32-year-old prank Archived November 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  9. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

33°39′33″N85°42′13″W / 33.65917°N 85.70361°W / 33.65917; -85.70361