Official Name: | Hissop, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama |
Pushpin Label: | Hissop |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Coosa |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 28.31 |
Area Land Km2: | 28.30 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.93 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 10.93 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 209 |
Population Density Km2: | 7.39 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 19.13 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 794 |
Coordinates: | 32.8922°N -86.1533°W |
Area Code: | 256 & 938 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 120154 |
Hissop is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 209 as of the 2020 census.
White (non-Hispanic) | 46 | 22.01% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 156 | 74.64% | |
Other/Mixed | 3 | 1.44% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.91% |
A post office was established as Hissop in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1990.[3] The community was named after the biblical plant Ezov, usually translated as hyssop.[4]