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.[3] It was founded in 1832.

Choccolocco, Alabama
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community
Location of Choccolocco in Calhoun County, Alabama.
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Coordinates: 33°39′33″N 85°42′13″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Calhoun
Area [1]
• Total	11.78 sq mi (30.52 km2)
• Land	11.65 sq mi (30.16 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)
Elevation	679 ft (207 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,838
• Density	243.69/sq mi (94.09/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	256 & 938
GNIS feature ID	159400[2]

The name Choccolocco is an anglicization of the Creek words "chahko lago" ("big shoals") or "choko rakko" ("big house"); sources vary.[4][5]

The community gained brief notoriety in 2001 when The Daily Show aired a piece on the "Choccolocco Monster",[6] 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.[7]

Demographics

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).

References

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