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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

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Braggs, Alabama
Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
Guarino, Fred. "Soldier honored with marker". The Greenville Advocate. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
"Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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.
Schwimmer, David; Frazier, William. "Cretaceous Period in Alabama". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lowndes County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Hayneville
Towns	Benton Fort Deposit Gordonville Hayneville Lowndesboro Mosses White Hall	Map of Alabama highlighting Lowndes County
Unincorporated communities	Braggs Burkville Calhoun Collirene Letohatchee Mount Willing Sandy Ridge Trickem	Map of Alabama highlighting Lowndes County
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Braggs ist ein gemeindefreies Gebiet im Lowndes County im Bundesstaat Alabama in den Vereinigten Staaten.

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