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Ohatchee has a population of 1358. 49.6% of Ohatchee’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.4 are female. 63.8% of Ohatchee is married and 83.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $146,991, and the average rent is $875. Household median income in Ohatchee is $50,750, and the individual median income is $26,310. Ohatchee’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.8%), Black(2.9%), Multiple(2.4%), Hispanic(1%), Native(0.8%).
Andrew Jackson used the area around present-day Ohatchee to prepare for the Battle of Talladega. It was at this battle that Jackson found an Indian boy next to the body of his mother. Jackson adopted the child, naming him Lyncoya Jackson. Lyncoya died of tuberculosis in 1828 at the age of sixteen. The site of the battle is marked with a large stone marker along Alabama Highway 144 between Alexandria and Ohatchee, near Tallaseehatchee Creek. Between 1863 and 1864, Alfred A.
Janney built a furnace, now named Janney Furnace, to produce pig iron for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The furnace never went into production, but locals often speak of the quality of the construction because the structure was supposedly built by slaves. The site is now a part of the Calhoun County Park System and features a Civil War memorial alongside a Civil War and Native American museum.
The site hosts a town festival every year that includes vendors, children's activities, music, and a Civil War reenactment. Ohatchee became an incorporated town in 1956. On March 25, 2021, an EF3 tornado struck the town, killing six residents.
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