Holtville, Alabama

Holtville, Alabama
Location of Holtville in Elmore County, Alabama.
Holtville
Coordinates: 32°38′10″N 86°19′36″W / 32.63611°N 86.32667°W / 32.63611; -86.32667
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyElmore
Area
  Total
25.18 sq mi (65.22 km2)
  Land21.59 sq mi (55.91 km2)
  Water3.60 sq mi (9.31 km2)
Elevation
354 ft (108 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
4,940
  Density228.85/sq mi (88.36/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID120302

Holtville (also Slapout) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 4,940 as of the 2020 census.

Holtville/Slapout is located on the western bank of Jordan Lake, and much of its population lives along this lakeshore, or in the neighboring Lightwood community.

According to tradition, the old name of Slapout was derived from a storekeeper's way of stating an item was out of stock: he was "slap out of it".