History · Chatom

Chatom’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Chatom. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Chatom is a town in Washington County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1949. Chatom is the county seat of Washington County, holding the distinction since 1907. As of the 2020 census, Chatom had a population of 1,104.

Chatom was established in 1904. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,288 to 1,104 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1981.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chatom yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Chatom, decade by decade

Before
2000

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