Capps, Alabama

Capps, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Capps, Alabama
Capps, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°29′50″N 85°18′43″W / 31.49722°N 85.31194°W / 31.49722; -85.31194Coordinates: 31°29′50″N 85°18′43″W / 31.49722°N 85.31194°W / 31.49722; -85.31194
Country United States
State Alabama
County Henry
Elevation 423 ft (129 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 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

  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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