Loango, Alabama

Loango is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.

[2] The maternal great-great-grandparents of Bill Clinton are buried in the Old Loango Cemetery.

[3] The local explanation for the town name, is that it comes from a combination of the words load, and, and go.

[4] A more probable source is the Loango Coast and the port of Loango, Republic of Congo, a major source of slaves before the outlawing of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

This Covington County, Alabama state location article is a stub.

Map of Alabama highlighting Covington County