Broomtown, Alabama

Broomtown, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Census-designated place
Location of Broomtown in Cherokee County, Alabama.
Location of Broomtown in Cherokee County, Alabama.
Broomtown is located in Alabama
Broomtown
Broomtown
Coordinates: 34°21′38″N 85°31′18″W / 34.36056°N 85.52167°W / 34.36056; -85.52167
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCherokee
Area
[1]
 • Total
4.69 sq mi (12.16 km2)
 • Land4.69 sq mi (12.16 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
682 ft (208 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
160
 • Density34.09/sq mi (13.16/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID114973[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.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020160—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Fort Likens, a fort used to house soldiers during the Cherokee removal, was located near Broomtown.[6]

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Broomtown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Cherokee County, Ala". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 42. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ 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 (PDF) (Report). Muscle Shoals, Alabama: Southeastern Anthropological Institute. Funded by The National Park Service Challenge Cost Share Program.


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