Nanafalia, Alabama
Census-designated place
Mathers House, the oldest house remaining in Nanafalia
Mathers House, the oldest house remaining in Nanafalia
Location of Nanafalia, Alabama
Nanafalia is located in Alabama
Nanafalia
Nanafalia
Coordinates: 32°6′46.76″N 87°59′15.32″W / 32.1129889°N 87.9875889°W / 32.1129889; -87.9875889
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMarengo
Area
[1]
 • Total2.17 sq mi (5.6 km2)
 • Land2.17 sq mi (5.6 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
213 ft (65 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total75
 • Density34.56/sq mi (13.34/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36764
Area code334
FIPS code01-53208

Nanafalia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 75,[2] down from 94 at the 2010 census. The community is located on a ridge above the Tombigbee River, and the name is derived from the Choctaw words for long hill.[3] Nanafalia has a post office with a zip code of 36764.[4]

Geography

Nanafalia is in southwestern Marengo County, along Alabama State Route 10. State Route 69 forms the western border of the CDP. Linden, the county seat, is 21 miles (34 km) to the northeast.

The Nanafalia CDP has an area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2), all land.[1] The community is on a flat-topped ridge which drains north to South Double Creek and south to an unnamed tributary of Horse Creek. Both named creeks flow west to the Tombigbee River.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
201094—
202075−20.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 94 people living in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 57.4% White, 40.4% Black and 2.1% from two or more races.

Notable person

References

  1. 1 2 "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Nanafalia CDP, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ ""Nanafalia, Alabama"". ePodunk Community Profiles. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nanafalia, Alabama
  5. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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