Braggs, Alabama

Braggs is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States.^[1]

Braggs, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°03′02″N 86°47′44″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lowndes
Elevation	285 ft (87 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334

History

Braggs was named for Peter Braggs, who served as the first postmaster.^[2] Bragg served as a soldier during the American Revolutionary War.^[3]

A post office operated under the name Braggs from 1833 to 1959 and under the name Braggs Rural Station from 1959 to 1972.^[4]

Geology

Portions of a mosasaur have been discovered in Braggs.^[5]

A Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary site is located near Braggs.^[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Braggs, Alabama
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. Guarino, Fred. "Soldier honored with marker". The Greenville Advocate. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
4. "Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
5. Bruce M. Rothschild; Hans-Peter Schultze; Rodrigo Pellegrini (January 4, 2012). Herpetological Osteopathology: Annotated Bibliography of Amphibians and Reptiles. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-4614-0823-9.
6. Schwimmer, David; Frazier, William. "Cretaceous Period in Alabama". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved April 2, 2020.