| Official Name: | Holtville, Alabama |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Alabama |
| Pushpin Label: | Holtville |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Elmore |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 65.22 |
| Area Land Km2: | 55.91 |
| Area Water Km2: | 9.31 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 25.18 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 21.59 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 3.60 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 4940 |
| Population Density Km2: | 88.36 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 228.85 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 354 |
| Coordinates: | 32.6361°N -86.3267°W |
| Area Code: | 334 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 120302 |
Holtville (also Slapout) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 4,940 as of the 2020 census.[2]
Holtville/Slapout is located on the western bank of Jordan Lake, and much of its population lives along this lakeshore, or in the neighboring Lightwood community.
According to tradition, the old name of Slapout was derived from a storekeeper's way of stating an item was out of stock: he was "slap out of it".[3]
As of the 2020 US Census, Holtville/Slapout, AL had a population of 4940 residents.
Holtville/Slapout is in the Elmore County Public School System,[4] served by Holtville Elementary, Middle, Junior High, and High School with a combined enrollment of 2115 students in 2021.[5]
Holtville was the subject of a 1945 film by The United States Information Agency that highlighted how a rural community can overcome poverty and poor soil through education and commitment.".[6]