Chunchula, Alabama

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|official_name = Chunchula, Alabama

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_name1 = Alabama

|subdivision_name2 = Mobile

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|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 22, 2022}}

|area_total_km2 = 4.69

|area_total_sq_mi = 1.81

|area_land_km2 = 4.67

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.80

|area_water_km2 = 0.02

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

|elevation_ft = 121

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|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0114968&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Chunchula CDP, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 22, 2022}}

|population_total = 195

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|population_density_km2 = 41.75

|population_density_sq_mi = 108.09

|timezone = Central (CST)

|utc_offset = -6

|timezone_DST = CDT

|utc_offset_DST = -5

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 36521

|area_code = 251

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|blank_info = 01-14968

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|map_caption = Location in Mobile County, Alabama

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Chunchula is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.{{Gnis|116112|Chunchula, Alabama}} As of the 2020 census, its population was 195. It has a post office with the 36521 ZIP code. The community has one site listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the Chunchula School.{{cite web |title=Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage |url=https://archive.org/details/PropertiesOnTheAlabamaRegisterOfLandmarksHeritage |date=June 4, 2009 |work=Alabama Historical Commission |publisher=www.preserveala.org |access-date=July 21, 2009}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1880= 214

|1890= 258

|2010= 210

|2020= 195

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}

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Chunchula was listed on the 1880 and 1890 U.S. Censuses as a village. It did not reappear on the U.S. Census until 2010 as a census-designated place or CDP.

Geography

Chunchula is located in northern Mobile County at {{coord|30.92185|-88.20055|display=inline,title}} and has an elevation of {{convert|121|ft|m|0}}. U.S. Route 45 passes through the community, leading south {{convert|20|mi}} to Mobile and north {{convert|12|mi}} to Citronelle.

Education

Residents are zoned to Mobile County Public School System campuses."[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st01_al/place/p0114968_chunchula/DC10BLK_P0114968_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Chunchula CDP, AL]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on November 27, 2018. Residents are zoned to McDavid-Jones Elementary School (K-5),"[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/McDavid-Jone%20Elementary.pdf McDavid-Jones]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018. Lott Middle School (6-8),"[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Lott%20Middle.pdf Lott Middle]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018. and Citronelle High School (9-12)."[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Citronelle%20High%20School.pdf Citronelle High School Attendance Zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725055213/http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Citronelle%20High%20School.pdf |date=2021-07-25 }}." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama

Category:Census-designated places in Mobile County, Alabama

Category:Census-designated places in Alabama