Broomtown, Alabama
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Broomtown, Alabama
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Location of Broomtown in Cherokee County, Alabama.
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Coordinates: 34°21′38″N 85°31′18″W / 34.36056°N 85.52167°W / 34.36056; -85.52167 | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Cherokee |
Area | |
• Total | 4.69 sq mi (12.16 km 2 ) |
• Land | 4.69 sq mi (12.16 km 2 ) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km 2 ) |
Elevation
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682 ft (208 m) |
Population
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• Total | 160 |
• Density | 34.09/sq mi (13.16/km 2 ) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST) ) |
• Summer ( DST ) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 256 & 938 |
GNIS feature ID | 114973 [2] |
Broomtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County , Alabama , United States. As of the 2010 census , its population was 182. [3]
It was named for Chief Broom (Broomstown) of the Cherokee Nation , whose people occupied the area from the late eighteenth century into the 1830s. [4] The Cherokee had migrated southwest under pressure from European-American encroachment in Tennessee and North Carolina, before Indian Removal from the Southeast on the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River .
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 160 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [5] |
Fort Likens , a fort used to house soldiers during the Cherokee removal , was located near Broomtown. [6]
References
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 29, 2021 .
- ↑ "Broomtown" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
- ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Broomtown CDP, Alabama" . U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020 . Retrieved June 3, 2014 .
- ↑ "Cherokee County, Ala" . Calhoun Times . September 1, 2004. p. 42 . Retrieved April 24, 2015 .
- ↑ "Census of Population and Housing" . Census.gov . Retrieved June 4, 2016 .
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Marshall, Lamar; Smith, Larry; Wren, Michael (March 2009).
Alabama Collection Camps, Forts, Emigrating Depots and Travel Routes Used During the Cherokee Removal of 1838-1839
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(Report). Muscle Shoals, Alabama: Southeastern Anthropological Institute.
Funded by The National Park Service Challenge Cost Share Program.
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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