Gosport, Alabama | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gosport in Alabama |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clarke |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 112 |
Coordinates: | 31.5825°N -87.5858°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 36482 |
Area Code: | 251 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 01-01025 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 119188 |
Gosport is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. Gosport is also close to the unincorporated town of Whatley, the two are usually confused with one another, and sometimes thought as the same place.
The telephone area code, is 251, while the ZIP code is 36482.[2] Gosport is situated where the Claiborne Bridge crosses the Alabama River into Monroe County.
Woodlands, also known as the Frederick Blount Plantation, is a historic plantation house in Gosport. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1980, due to its architectural significance.
Gosport was recorded to have a population of 500 according to the 1850 U.S. Census, making it the largest community at that time in Clarke County, twice that of the second largest community of Choctaw Corner, which is today's Thomasville.