Clopton, Alabama
Clopton is located in Alabama
Clopton
Clopton
Clopton is located in the United States
Clopton
Clopton
Coordinates: 31°36′31″N 85°25′48″W / 31.60861°N 85.43000°W / 31.60861; -85.43000
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyDale
Elevation
505 ft (154 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36317
Area code334
GNIS feature ID116275[1]

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]

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

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1880142
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

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

Notable people

References

  1. "Clopton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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.
  3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  5. "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. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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