Capps, Alabama

Capps, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Capps is located in Alabama
Capps
Capps
Capps is located in the United States
Capps
Capps
Coordinates: 31°29′50″N 85°18′43″W / 31.49722°N 85.31194°W / 31.49722; -85.31194
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyHenry
Elevation
423 ft (129 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID115606[1]

Capps, also known as Choctawhatchee, is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Alabama, United States. Capps is located on Alabama State Route 173, 7.2 miles (11.6 km) southeast of Abbeville.

History

Capps is named after Daniel W. Capps, the community's first postmaster.[2] A post office operated under the name Capps from 1849 to 1972.[3] Capps served as a shipping point for agricultural products between Abbeville and Headland.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Capps". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Milton Whitney; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; United States. Bureau of Soils (1911). Field operations of the Bureau of Soils. Bureau of Soils. p. 485.


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