Lisman, Alabama
town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States
Lisman is a town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 427. Lisman was named after a 19th-century railroad investor at the time of construction of the nearby rail line.
Geography
Lisman is located in northern Choctaw County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), all land.
History
In 1962, local residents participated in "a federal lawsuit challenging the white Choctaw County registrars who were rejecting 95 percent of black voters’ applications." Martin Luther King visited the town to lead a rally for voting rights on April 30, 1966.
The town incorporated in 1979, which enabled it to pave its dirt roads, and build sewers.
A 2019 article described Mayor Jason Ward's plans to hire a police officer and rebuild the abandoned school library.
Lisman was not included in Choctaw County's new “Opportunity Zones” in 2019.
Demographics
2020 census
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 653 people, 245 households, and 171 families residing in the town.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lisman, Alabama” as town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q67671. Authority coordinates are 32.172, -88.289. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1962, 1966 and 1979.
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