Whatley, Alabama
Whatley is a census-designated place in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 225. It is named in honor of Franklin Benjamin Whatley. It has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, the Whatley Historic District.
History
Whatley was previously an incorporated community in 1901 and recorded a population of 187 according to the 1910 U.S. Census. It did not report any population figure again until 2010 when it became a census-designated place. During the racial violence of Red Summer of 1919 there was a gun battle between the Whatley White and Black communities on August 1, 1919, there was a Whatley, Alabama race riot. And in the same year a person named Archie Robinson got lynched.Geography
Whatley is located southeast of the center of Clarke County.Demographics
Whatley was listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.| Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010 | Pop 2020 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
| White alone | 105 | 99 | 70.00% | 59.28% |
| Black or African American alone | 40 | 57 | 26.67% | 34.13% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Asian alone | 1 | 1 | 0.67% | 0.60% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Other race alone | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial | 1 | 9 | 0.67% | 5.39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1 | 2.00% | 0.60% |
| Total | 150 | 167 | 100.00% | 100.00% |