Holtville, Alabama

Holtville, Alabama
Location of Holtville in Elmore County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 32°37′55″N 86°19′46″W / 32.63194°N 86.32944°W / 32.63194; -86.32944
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyElmore
Area
 • Total
25.18 sq mi (65.22 km2)
 • Land21.59 sq mi (55.91 km2)
 • Water3.59 sq mi (9.31 km2)
Elevation
331 ft (101 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
4,940
 • Density228.9/sq mi (88.36/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID2582683

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".