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Holtville, Alabama

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Elmore

GNIS feature ID
  
120302

Population
  
4,096 (2010)

State
  
Alabama

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
108 m

Area code
  
334

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Area
  
65.35 km² (55.88 km² Land / 9.461 km² Water)

Holtville (also Slapout) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 4,096 as of the 2010 census.

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Map of Holtville, AL 36022, USA

Holtville/Slapout is located on the western bank of Lake Jordan, and much of its population lives along this lakeshore, or in the neighboring Lightwood community.

According to tradition, the old name of Slapout was derived from a storekeeper's way of stating an item was out of stock: he was "slap out of it".

Notable people

  • Jessica Meuse, contestant on the thirteenth season of American Idol
  • Randy Nix, a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 69th district.
  • John Findley, Basketball standout with the Holtville Bulldogs, 1984-1986.
  • Will Hardy, University of Alabama football player

    • Holtville was the subject of a 1945 film by The United States Information Agency that highlighted how a rural community can overcome poverty and poor soil through education and commitment.".

    References

    Holtville, Alabama Wikipedia
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