| Choctaw Corner, Alabama | |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alabama |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clarke |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 377 |
| Coordinates: | 31.9349°N -87.7547°W |
Choctaw Corner was a former town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. It is named for the nearby Choctaw Corner, which marked the border between the native Choctaw and Creek peoples prior to the Indian removal. The community was one of the earliest settlements in the county.[1]
Choctaw Corner had a post office by 1850.[2] It was a prosperous community during the antebellum period and for many years afterwards. Then, when the railroad from Mobile to Selma came through Clarke County in 1888, less than 2miles southeast of Choctaw Corner, the town began to die.[1]
A new town, Thomasville, developed on the railroad. The people in the older community saw the potential of the new town as a railroad shipping point and were among the first people to move there.[1] The former town of Choctaw Corner slowly declined into nonexistence and was later enveloped within Thomasville's city limits. It is now remembered primarily by Thomasville's city cemetery on its western border, called Choctaw Corner Cemetery.[3]
Choctaw Corner was located at 31.9349°N -87.7547°W at an elevation of 377feet.