Loachapoka (/ˌloʊ.tʃəˈpoʊ.kə/ LOH-chə-POH-kə) is a town in Lee County, Alabama, United States.

However, in the most recent municipal election (2016), no incumbents submitted the qualifying paperwork to run for re-election.

Therefore, the only citizen that did qualify for the ballot became mayor-elect, as per state law, and this was confirmed by the AL Director of Elections.

[3] When the mayor-elect brought the issue to light, several town, county and state officials worked together in a poorly hatched plan to improperly disqualify the only candidate to follow the law for qualification, as referenced in several newspaper articles and audio recordings of town hall meetings.

[6] Loachapoka was a Creek Indian town for some decades prior to white settlement.

[7] Upon settlement by Euro-Americans, Loachapoka—temporarily renamed Ball's Fork—became the regional trade center, a position that was reinforced in 1845 when it became the easternmost point on the railroad to Montgomery.

Within a few years, a collapse of trade due to the Panic of 1873 and additional rail lines in the area sent Loachapoka into economic decline.

Loachapoka roughly stabilized as a small farming community by the mid-20th century, and by the early 2000s (decade) had become a small-town suburb of Auburn.

[8] Loachapoka was home to two fall festivals, both held on the same day each fall—the annual Syrup Sopping Day [to the south of Highway 14] and the Lee County Historical Fair [at Pioneer Park, to the north of Highway 14.]

The Lee County Historical Society Museum is located in an 1845 general store in the Loachapoka historic district, located at "Pioneer Park," a six and-a-half-acre park of nine buildings and five gardens reminiscent of the 1850s in east central Alabama.