Broomtown, Alabama

Broomtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 182.[5]

Broomtown, Alabama
Census-designated place & unincorporated community
Location of Broomtown in Cherokee County, Alabama.
Broomtown
Location of Broomtown in Cherokee County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 34°21′38″N 85°31′18″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCherokee
Area
 • Total4.69 sq mi (12.16 km2)
 • Land4.69 sq mi (12.16 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
682 ft (208 m)
Population
 • Total1,828
 • Estimate 
(2016)[3]
N/A
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID114973[4]

It was named for Chief Broom (Broomstown) of the Cherokee Nation, whose people occupied the area from the late eighteenth century into the 1830s.[6] The Cherokee had migrated southwest under pressure from European-American encroachment in Tennessee and North Carolina, before Indian Removal from the Southeast on the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References
  1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 17, 2017.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. "Broomtown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  5. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Broomtown CDP, Alabama". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  6. "Cherokee County, Ala". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 42. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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