Choccolocco, Alabama

Choccolocco, Alabama
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community
Location of Choccolocco in Calhoun County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 33°40′06″N85°42′46″W / 33.66833°N 85.71278°W / 33.66833; -85.71278 [1]
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Calhoun
Area [2]
• Total	11.78 sq mi (30.52 km2)
• Land	11.64 sq mi (30.16 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)
Elevation [1]	712 ft (217 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,838
• Density	243.7/sq mi (94.09/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	36207 [3]
Area codes	256 & 938
GNIS feature ID	2582668 [1]

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.

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

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	601		—
2010	2,804		366.6%
2020	2,838		1.2%
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).

See also

• Choccolocco Creek

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Choccolocco, Alabama
2. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
3. "Choccolocco AL ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
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.