Braggs, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Braggs, Alabama
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Pushpin Label:Braggs
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Name2:Lowndes
Elevation Ft:285
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Latitude:32.02459
Longitude:-86.45191-->
Coordinates:32.0506°N -86.7956°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:334

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

History

Braggs was named for Peter Braggs, who served as the first postmaster.[1] Bragg served as a soldier during the American Revolutionary War.[2]

A post office operated under the name Braggs from 1833 to 1959 and under the name Braggs Rural Station from 1959 to 1972.[3]

Geology

Portions of a mosasaur have been discovered in Braggs.[4]

A Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary site is located near Braggs.[5]

Notes and References

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