Braggs, Alabama

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

Braggs, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Braggs
Braggs
Coordinates: 32°03′02″N 86°47′44″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyLowndes
Elevation
285 ft (87 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)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]

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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 2 April 2020.
  4. "Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. Bruce M. Rothschild; Hans-Peter Schultze; Rodrigo Pellegrini (4 January 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 2 April 2020.



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