Loango is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.

Loango, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°19′47″N 86°38′56″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Covington
Elevation	315 ft (96 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	121936[1]

History

A post office operated under the name Loango between 1856 and 1907.[2] The maternal great-great-grandparents of Bill Clinton are buried in the Old Loango Cemetery.[3]

Name

The local explanation for the town name, is that it comes from a combination of the words load, and, and go.[4] A more probable source is the Loango Coast and the port of Loango, Republic of Congo, a major source of slaves before the outlawing of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. (See: Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola.)

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