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History · Chunchula

Chunchula’s post office opened in 1873

Most of Chunchula was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1941 on and the census since 1880.

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How Chunchula began

When was Chunchula founded?

1873

The Chunchula post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 214 in 18802020 census: 195153 years
Founding year: the first Chunchula post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Chunchula’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Chunchula, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chunchula yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Chunchula is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 195. It has a post office with the 36521 ZIP code. The community has one site listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the Chunchula School.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 210 to 195 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the map

Chunchula on the map, 1941 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chunchula. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Chunchula on the 1941 USGS mapChunchula on the 1982 USGS map1941Creola sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chunchula.

People over time

Chunchula, census by census

010020018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 258

Between 195 and 258 people in every census since 1880.

4 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chunchula’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Chunchula

Nobody well known was born in Chunchula itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Tim CookAmerican business executive, former Apple execu… · b. 1960
Lloyd J. Austin IIIUnited States 28th Secretary of Defense · b. 1953
Hank AaronAmerican baseball player · b. 1934
Laverne CoxAmerican actress and LGBT advocate · b. 1972
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Gregory BenfordScience fiction author and astrophysicist · b. 1941
DeMarcus CousinsAmerican basketball player · b. 1990

Questions about Chunchula’s history

What year was Chunchula founded?

The Chunchula post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.