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Place in Alabama, United States
Broomtown, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Census-designated place
Location of Broomtown in Cherokee County, Alabama.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
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCherokee
Area
 • Total4.69 sq mi (12.16 km)
 • Land4.69 sq mi (12.16 km)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km)
Elevation682 ft (208 m)
Population
 • Total160
 • Density34.09/sq mi (13.16/km)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID114973

Broomtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 182.

It was named for Chief Broom (Broomstown) of the Cherokee Nation, whose people occupied the area from the late eighteenth century into the 1830s. 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

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

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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County seat: Centre
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