Putnam is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Marengo County Marengo County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,323. The largest city is Demopolis, and the county seat is Linden. It is named in honor of the Battle of ...

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 172.

Geography

Putnam is located at and has an elevation of . The community is in the southwest corner of Marengo County, along

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. It is southwest of Linden, the

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, and north of Coffeeville. According to the

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, the Putnam CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. It is bordered to the north by Horse Creek and to the south by Big Bunny Creek, west-flowing tributaries of the

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Demographics

As of the

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, there were 193 people living in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.5% Black, 23.3% White, 2.6% Native American and 1.6% from two or more races.

References

Census-designated places in Alabama Census-designated places in Marengo County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Marengo County, Alabama {{MarengoCountyAL-geo-stub