Map of Choccolocco CDP

Choccolocco is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,804. It was founded in 1832.

The name Choccolocco is an anglicization of the Creek words “chahko lago” (“big shoals”) or “choko rakko” (“big house”); sources vary.

The community gained brief notoriety in 2001 when The Daily Show aired a piece on the “Choccolocco Monster”, a part of local folklore concerning sightings of a mysterious creature in the area in the late 1960s. An October 2001 article in the Anniston Star newspaper revealed that the creature was, in fact, local resident Neal Williamson. As a teenager, Williamson would don his costume (consisting of a cow skull and a sheet) and gain the attention of passing cars by jumping out of the woods onto the roadside, often startling motorists.

Choccolocco CDP overview:
Name:	Choccolocco CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Alabama
County:	Calhoun County
Elevation:	679 ft (207 m)
Total Area:	11.78 sq mi (30.52 km²)
Land Area:	11.65 sq mi (30.16 km²)
Water Area:	0.14 sq mi (0.35 km²)
Total Population:	2,838
Population Density:	243.69/sq mi (94.09/km²)
ZIP code:	36207
Area code:	256 & 938
FIPS code:	0114728
GNISfeature ID:	159400

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Choccolocco online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.