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Also known as Loachapoka, AL

town in Lee County, Alabama, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Alabama
County
Lee
Total
1.15 sq mi (2.97 km )
Land
1.14 sq mi (2.95 km )
Water
0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
Elevation
689 ft (210 m)
Density
140.6/sq mi (54.27/km )
Time zone
UTC-6 ( CST )
Summer dst
UTC-5 ( CDT )
Fips code
01-43744

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Encyclopedic overview

Loachapoka (/ˌloʊ.tʃəˈpoʊ.kə/ LOH-chə-POH-kə) is a town in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is located less than 1/2 mile west of Auburn and approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Auburn University, in west-central Lee County. As of the 2020 census, Loachapoka had a population of 160. It is part of the Auburn metropolitan area.

The name "Loachapoka" means "turtle killing place" in Muskogee, with locha meaning "turtle" and poga meaning "killing place". In literature, Lochapoka was the destination of the colonists in James H. Street's 1940 novel Oh, Promised Land.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loachapoka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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