Editing Fort Deposit, Alabama

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Fort Deposit, Alabama
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|image_caption            = Fort Deposit, Alabama
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|map_caption              = Location of Fort Deposit in Lowndes County, Alabama.
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Lowndes County, Alabama|Lowndes]]
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|area_total_km2           = 14.66
|area_total_sq_mi         = 5.66
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 5.66
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|elevation_ft             = 466
|elevation_m              = 142
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     =
|population_total         = 1225
|population_metro         =
|population_density_km2   = 83.54
|population_density_sq_mi = 216.39
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
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|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 36032
|area_code                = [[Area code 334|334]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-27520
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0118518
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|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
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'''Fort Deposit''' is a town in [[Lowndes County, Alabama|Lowndes County]], [[Alabama]], United States. Since 1890, it has been the largest town in Lowndes County.<ref>1830-2010 U.S. Censuses research on Lowndes County, Alabama communities</ref> At the 2010 census the population was 1,344, up from 1,270 in 2000. It is part of the [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]] [[Montgomery Metropolitan Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

This town is named after a fort that was built under the order of General [[Andrew Jackson]]. This was a supply fort that was built to serve the soldiers during the [[Creek War|Creek Indian War]]. There is an annual arts and crafts fair called Calico Fort on the second weekend of April every year.

It was incorporated on February 13, 1891. It reportedly sits on the highest point of land between Montgomery and [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fort-deposit/|title=Fort Deposit|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama|access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
Fort Deposit is located at {{coord|31|59|16|N|86|34|16|W|type:city}} (31.987872, -86.571249).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|5.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Fort Deposit has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (abbreviated ''Cfa'').

{{Weather box
|location = Fort Deposit, 1991–2020 simulated normals (486 ft elevation)
|collapsed = y
|single line = y
|precipitation colour  =green
|Jan precipitation mm  =133.30
|Feb precipitation mm  =122.97
|Mar precipitation mm  =136.78
|Apr precipitation mm  =115.67
|May precipitation mm  =98.27
|Jun precipitation mm  =125.99
|Jul precipitation mm  =128.97
|Aug precipitation mm  =120.58
|Sep precipitation mm  =101.80
|Oct precipitation mm  =84.32
|Nov precipitation mm  =111.31
|Dec precipitation mm  =137.16
|Jan high C = 14.5
|Feb high C = 16.7
|Mar high C = 20.7
|Apr high C = 24.5
|May high C = 28.4
|Jun high C = 31.4
|Jul high C = 32.7
|Aug high C = 32.4
|Sep high C = 30.3
|Oct high C = 25.4
|Nov high C = 19.7
|Dec high C = 15.4
|Jan mean C  =8.2
|Feb mean C  =10.2
|Mar mean C  =14.0
|Apr mean C  =17.6
|May mean C  =22.1
|Jun mean C  =25.6
|Jul mean C  =27.1
|Aug mean C  =26.7
|Sep mean C  =24.3
|Oct mean C  =18.8
|Nov mean C  =13.0
|Dec mean C  =9.4
|Jan low C = 1.9
|Feb low C = 3.7
|Mar low C = 7.2
|Apr low C = 10.8
|May low C = 15.7
|Jun low C = 19.8
|Jul low C = 21.5
|Aug low C = 21.1
|Sep low C = 18.4
|Oct low C = 12.1
|Nov low C = 6.2
|Dec low C = 3.4
|Jan dew point C =3.1
|Feb dew point C =4.7
|Mar dew point C =7.5
|Apr dew point C =11.2
|May dew point C =15.9
|Jun dew point C =20.0
|Jul dew point C =21.6
|Aug dew point C =21.3
|Sep dew point C =18.8
|Oct dew point C =13.2
|Nov dew point C =7.9
|Dec dew point C =5.0
|source 1 = PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
  | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
  | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University
  | access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>
  | date=March 16, 2023}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 350
|1890= 518
|1900= 1078
|1910= 893
|1920= 830
|1930= 1092
|1940= 1351
|1950= 1358
|1960= 1466
|1970= 1438
|1980= 1519
|1990= 1240
|2000= 1270
|2010= 1344
|2020= 1225
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522161634/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2014|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2014 }}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Fort Deposit town, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Fort Deposit town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0127520&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Fort Deposit town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0127520&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|315
|244
|23.44%
|19.92%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,012
|942
|75.30%
|76.90%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|0.07%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2
|3
|0.15%
|0.24%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|8
|23
|0.60%
|1.88%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|6
|13
|0.45%
|1.06%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,344'''
|'''1,225'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] there were 1,344 people, 512 households, and 348 families in the town. The population density was {{convert|240|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 592 housing units at an average density of {{convert|105.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 75.5% Black or African American, 23.7% White and 0.6% from two or more races. 0.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name="2010 census">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 1, 2015 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
Of the 512 households 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 29.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 28.9% of households were one person and 11.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.28.

The age distribution was 29.5% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% 65 or older. The median age was 34.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 76.7 men.

The median household income was $30,000 and the median family income  was $31,591. Males had a median income of $41,579 versus $25,341 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,411. About 19.4% of families and 22.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 43.6% of those under age 18 and 25.4% of those age 65 or over.

===2000 Census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 1,270 people, 489 households, and 349 families in the town. The population density was {{convert|225.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 569 housing units at an average density of {{convert|100.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 68.19% Black or African American, 31.50% White and 0.31% from two or more races. 0.47% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
Of the 489 households 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were married couples living together, 27.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 25.6% of households were one person and 9.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.12.

The age distribution was 29.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.2 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 83.0 men.

The median household income was $20,433 and the median family income  was $24,250. Males had a median income of $27,391 versus $20,882 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,584. About 29.8% of families and 35.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 42.8% of those under age 18 and 34.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[Ed Bell (musician)|Ed Bell]] (country blues singer and guitarist)
* [[Richard Williamson (American football)|Richard Williamson]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] head coach ([[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]])

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Fort Deposit, Alabama City Hall.JPG|Fort Deposit Town Hall
File:Fort Deposit, Alabama Post Office 36032.JPG|Fort Deposit Post Office ([[ZIP code]]:36032)
File:Fort Deposit, Alabama Fire Department.JPG|Fort Deposit Fire Department
File:Fort Deposit, Alabama Public Library.JPG|Fort Deposit Public Library
File:Fort Deposit, Alabama United Methodist Church.JPG|Fort Deposit United Methodist Church, with separate entrances for men and women
File:Fort Deposit–Lowndes County Airport.JPG|[[Fort Deposit–Lowndes County Airport]]
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Coord|display=title|31.987872|-86.571249}}

{{Lowndes County, Alabama}}

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[[Category:Towns in Lowndes County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]
[[Category:Creek War]]
[[Category:Montgomery metropolitan area]]