Choccolocco, Alabama
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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.[2][3]
The community gained brief notoriety in 2001 when The Daily Show aired a piece on the "Choccolocco Monster",[4] 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.[5]
Demographics
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| 2000 | 601 | — | |
| 2010 | 2,804 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2020 | 2,838 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
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Choccolocco first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as a town, but did not appear again until 2010 when it was listed as a census-designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.[7]
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2010[8] | Pop 2020[9] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 2,412 | 2,405 | 86.02% | 84.74% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 200 | 203 | 7.13% | 7.15% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 9 | 9 | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 21 | 28 | 0.75% | 0.99% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 1 | 2 | 0.04% | 0.07% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 40 | 88 | 1.43% | 3.10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 121 | 103 | 4.32% | 3.63% |
| Total | 2,804 | 2,838 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
See also
References
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- Census-designated places in Calhoun County, Alabama
- Unincorporated communities in Alabama
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- Unincorporated communities in Calhoun County, Alabama
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- Alabama placenames of Native American origin
- Alabama folklore