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Demopolis
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city in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Marengo
- Incorporated
- December 11, 1821
- Total
- 18.066 sq mi (46.791 km )
- Land
- 17.744 sq mi (45.956 km )
- Water
- 0.322 sq mi (0.835 km )
- Elevation
- 157 ft (48 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 6,882
- Density
- 388/sq mi (149.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 01-20296
- Website
- demopolisal.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Demopolis is the largest city in Marengo County, in west-central Alabama. The population was 7,162 at the 2020 census.
The city lies at the confluence of the Black Warrior River and Tombigbee River. It is situated atop a cliff composed of the Demopolis Chalk Formation, known locally as White Bluff, on the east bank of the Tombigbee. It is at the center of Alabama's Canebrake region and is also within the Black Belt region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Demopolis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.