Editing McIntosh, Alabama

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|official_name            = McIntosh, Alabama
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|image_caption            = Andrews Chapel in McIntosh
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|map_caption              = Location of McIntosh in Washington County, Alabama.
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Washington County, Alabama|Washington]]
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|area_total_km2           = 2.58
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|elevation_ft             = 49
|elevation_m              = 15
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 206
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|population_density_km2   = 79.85
|population_density_sq_mi = 206.83
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central Time]] (CT)
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|postal_code              = 36553
|area_code                = [[Area code 251|251]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-45472
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0152280
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|website                  = {{URL|https://mcintoshal.com/}}
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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|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
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'''McIntosh''', (originally known as '''McIntosh Bluff'''<ref name=EoA>{{cite web |last1=Kaetz |first1=James P. |title=McIntosh |url=https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/mcintosh/ |website=Encyclopedia of Alabama |access-date=September 21, 2023}}</ref>), is a town located in [[Washington County, Alabama]], United States along [[U.S. Route 43]]. It is {{convert|12+1/2|mi|km}} south of [[Wagarville, Alabama|Wagarville]] and {{convert|44|mi|km}} north of [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]. The population as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. Census]] was 206, down from 238 in 2010.

McIntosh is one of the most Native American towns in Alabama, with over half of the town's inhabitants reporting to be of Native descent in the 2020 census

The town and county have a high proportion of residents who are members of the [[MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians]], a state-recognized tribe of people of the [[Muskogean]]-speaking language family.
It has one site, [[Andrews Chapel (McIntosh, Alabama)|Andrews Chapel]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>

==History==
McIntosh was named for Captain John McIntosh, a British Army officer.<ref name=EoA/> McIntosh had a river landing at [[McIntosh Bluff]] on the [[Tombigbee River]].<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500005_text |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form |publisher=Department of the Interior |format= |accessdate=September 19, 2023}}</ref> The town was incorporated on April 7, 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mcintoshal.com/|title=Town of McIntosh, Alabama|website=mcintoshal.com}}</ref>
McIntosh is near the site of [[Aaron Burr]]'s arrest in 1807 while the area was part of the Mississippi Territory. He was captured by U.S. Army Lt. [[Edmund P. Gaines]] in the town of [[Wakefield, Alabama|Wakefield]], a few miles to the north, and then confined to [[Fort Stoddert]]. A historic marker has been placed to document this event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alabama Historical Marker Program-Washington County|url=http://www.archives.alabama.gov/aha/markers/washington.html|accessdate=December 30, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222172448/http://www.archives.alabama.gov/aha/markers/washington.html|archivedate=February 22, 2013}}</ref>

== Geography ==
McIntosh is located at 31°15'58" North, 88°1'53" West (31.265979, -88.031473).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=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|1.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1970= 297
|1980= 319
|1990= 250
|2000= 244
|2010= 238
|2020= 206
|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|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br />2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]] of 2000,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 244 people, 94 households and 62 families in the town. The population density was {{convert|243.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 98 housing units at an average density of {{convert|98.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 55.23% [[Race (U.S. census)|Native American]], 43.03% [[Race (U.S. census)|Black]] or [[Race (U.S. census)|African American]], 1.33% [[Race (U.S. census)|White]] and 0.41% from two or more races. 0,41% of the population were [[Race (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (U.S. census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 94 households, out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,214, and the median income for a family was $39,167. Males had a median income of $31,429 versus $22,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,023. 13.5% of the population and 10.0% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 22.2% of those under the age of 18 and 9.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

==Notable people==
*[[George Troup]], U.S. Senator of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] from 1816 until 1818 and from 1829 until 1833, and governor of Georgia from 1823 until 1827<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saba |first1=Natalie |title=George Troup |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/george-troup-1780-1856/ |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |access-date=September 21, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Brok Weaver]], mixed martial artist
*[[Greg Wells (baseball)|Greg Wells]], former Major League Baseball player

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070605061132/http://www.caes.net/mcintosh.html PowerSouth Energy Cooperative's compressed air energy storage power plant] (archived)
*[https://yosemite.epa.gov/opei/ptrack.nsf/vAPRViewPrintView/15B6CBBEB46FB9EE85256EAE0071F223 Tate & Lyle Sucralose plant EPA Report] for 2003
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041207194553/http://www.aflcio.org/aboutaflcio/wip/wip10042004.cfm "95 workers in McIntosh vote to join AFL-CIO"]

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