Loango, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
31°19′47″N 86°38′56″W / 31.32972°N 86.64889°W / 31.32972; -86.64889CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyCovingtonElevation
315 ft (96 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code334GNIS feature ID121936[1]

Loango is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.

History

A post office operated under the name Loango between 1856 and 1907.[2] The maternal great-great-grandparents of Bill Clinton are buried in the Old Loango Cemetery.[3]

Name

The local explanation for the town name, is that it comes from a combination of the words load, and, and go.[4] A more probable source is the Loango Coast and the port of Loango, Republic of Congo, a major source of slaves before the outlawing of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. (See: Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola.)

References

  1. ^ "Loango". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Covington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "Many cemeteries in Covington County need immediate attention". Andalusia Star-News. June 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 86. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
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