Fort Deposit, Alabama

About Fort Deposit

Fort Deposit, AL is a small town located in southern Alabama with an estimated population of 1,122.

Fort Deposit holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 5.66 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 198 residents per square mile.

📰 Fort Deposit News Today

• Fort Deposit Mayor-elect shares future plans for the town WAKA Action 8 News · Jan 15
• Breaking News: Means elected new Fort Deposit Mayor Lowndes Signal · Jan 13
• Former AL mayor, council candidate charged over absentee ballots Montgomery Advertiser · Apr 15
• Former Mayor, Councilman Arrested in Absentee Ballot Fraud Case in Lowndes County WBMA · Apr 15
• Man charged in deadly Lowndes County shooting after selling gun to victim WSFA · Jan 6

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What Makes Fort Deposit Unique

• The only place in America named Fort Deposit — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Alabama — one of 594 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Fort Deposit

• PitStop — burger
• Priester's Pecans

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏫 Schools in Fort Deposit

• Calhoun High School
• Fort Deposit Elementary School
• Lowndes County Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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