Choccolocco, Alabama

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.[5] It was founded in 1832.

Choccolocco, Alabama
Location of Choccolocco in Calhoun County, Alabama.
Choccolocco
Location of Choccolocco in Calhoun County, Alabama.
Choccolocco
Choccolocco (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°39′33″N 85°42′13″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCalhoun
Area
  Total11.74 sq mi (30.40 km2)
  Land11.64 sq mi (30.16 km2)
  Water0.09 sq mi (0.24 km2)
Elevation
679 ft (207 m)
Population
  Total2,804
  Estimate 
(2016)[3]
N/A
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID159400[4]

The name Choccolocco is an anglicization of the Creek words "chahko lago" ("big shoals") or "choko rakko" ("big house"); sources vary.[6][7]

The community gained brief notoriety in 2001 when The Daily Show aired a piece on the "Choccolocco Monster",[8] 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.[9]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
1890601
20102,804
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

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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