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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.

Capps, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Capps
Capps
Coordinates: 31°29′50″N 85°18′43″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyHenry
Elevation
423 ft (129 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)334
GNIS feature ID115606[1]

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.
  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 1 August 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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