Nanafalia, Alabama
Census-designated place
Mathers House, the oldest house remaining in Nanafalia
Nanafalia
Coordinates: 32°6′46.76″N 87°59′15.32″W / 32.1129889°N 87.9875889°W / 32.1129889; -87.9875889
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Marengo
Area [1]
• Total	2.17 sq mi (5.6 km2)
• Land	2.17 sq mi (5.6 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	213 ft (65 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	75
• Density	34.56/sq mi (13.34/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	36764
Area code	334
FIPS code	01-53208

Nanafalia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 75,^[2] down from 94 at the 2010 census. The community is located on a ridge above the Tombigbee River, and the name is derived from the Choctaw words for long hill.^[3] Nanafalia has a post office with a zip code of 36764.^[4]

Geography

Nanafalia is in southwestern Marengo County, along Alabama State Route 10. State Route 69 forms the western border of the CDP. Linden, the county seat, is 21 miles (34 km) to the northeast.

The Nanafalia CDP has an area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²), all land.^[1] The community is on a flat-topped ridge which drains north to South Double Creek and south to an unnamed tributary of Horse Creek. Both named creeks flow west to the Tombigbee River.

Demographics

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 94 people living in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 57.4% White, 40.4% Black and 2.1% from two or more races.

Notable person

• Walter Pettus Gewin, former federal judge
• Chris Landrum, American football linebacker, Los Angeles Chargers