Clopton,_Alabama

Clopton, Alabama

Clopton, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Clopton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dale County, Alabama, United States. Clopton is located on Alabama State Route 105, 10.9 miles (17.5 km) west-northwest of Abbeville.[2]

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History

Clopton had a post office from August 22, 1853, to November 19, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 36317.[3][4]

During the Spanish flu epidemic, in 1919 a local physician reported that he had treated more than four hundred cases in the community.[5]

Demographics

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Clopton was listed as an unincorporated community in the 1880 U.S. Census with a population of 142.

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Clopton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    General Highway Map: Dale County, Alabama (PDF) (Map). Alabama Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
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    United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
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    "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
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    "400 Cases of Influenza in Clopton Community". Abbeville Herald. Vol. 4, no. 7. Abbeville, Alabama: Abbeville Printing Co. January 16, 1919. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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