Loango is an

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in Covington County,

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, United States.

History

A post office operated under the name Loango between 1856 and 1907. The maternal great-great-grandparents of

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are buried in the Old Loango Cemetery.

Name

The local explanation for the town name, is that it comes from a combination of the words ''load'', ''and'', and ''go''. A more probable source is the Loango Coast and the port of

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, a major source of slaves before the outlawing of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. (See:

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, also known as Angola.)

References

Unincorporated communities in Covington County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{CovingtonCountyAL-geo-stub