Coatopa is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Sumter County, Alabama Sumter County is a county located in the west central portion of Alabama."ACES Winston County Office" (links/history), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), 2007, webpageACES-Sumter At the 2020 census, the population was 12,345. Its cou ...

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History

Coatopa was founded in 1847 by J. R. Larkins and was located on the

East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the ...

. The name Coatopa is derived from the

Choctaw The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...

words ''koi'' meaning "panther," ''a'' meaning "there," and ''hotupa'' meaning "wounded." A post office operated under the name Coatopa from 1866 to 1986.

Notable person

Kelly Mitchell Kelly Mitchell (born 1966/1967) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 54th Indiana State Treasurer. She was elected treasurer on November 4, 2014 and assumed office early on November 18, 2014. She replaced interim Treasure ...

, Queen of the Gypsy Nation, died in Coatopa in 1915

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Sumter County, Alabama Populated places established in 1847 1847 establishments in Alabama Alabama placenames of Native American origin {{SumterCountyAL-geo-stub