Capps, Alabama
Appearance
Capps, Alabama | |
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UTC-5 (CDT) | |
Area code | 334 |
GNIS feature ID | 115606[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
- ^ "Capps". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ 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.