Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Allgood, AL

Allgood is a small incorporated town in south-central Blount County, set in the Murphree Valley on Alabama State Route 75 just 3 miles southwest of Oneonta, the county seat.

The town was originally called Chepultepec, a name believed to honor the Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican-American War.

In December 1915 the village was renamed Allgood: a local lime manufacturer, convinced he was losing repeat business because customers could not spell 'Chepultepec,' persuaded the postmaster to change the name, and the postmaster gave the village his own surname.

Allgood formally incorporated in 1959 and first appeared in the U.S. Census as an incorporated town in 1960, when it had 147 residents.

The 2020 census counted 548 residents in 208 households and 152 families within Allgood's single square mile.

In 2010 Allgood became the first locality in Alabama to achieve a Hispanic plurality, and by the 2020 census Hispanic or Latino residents made up a 52 percent majority of the town's population.

Notable people from Allgood include Miles C. Allgood, who represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1923 to 1935, and Albert A. Murphree, president of the University of Florida from 1909 to 1927.

Allgood drew international press coverage in 2011 when its water department posted a notice tying continued water service to having an Alabama driver's license or state ID card on file, a response to Alabama's HB 56 immigration law.

Allgood sits at about 797 feet elevation, with Straight Mountain to its southeast and Red Mountain and Sand Mountain to its northwest, in the Appalachian foothills of northern Alabama.