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Capps, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 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	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	115606

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. A post office operated under the name Capps from 1849 to 1972. Capps served as a shipping point for agricultural products between Abbeville and Headland.

References

1. "Capps". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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 August 1, 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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Henry County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Abbeville
Cities	Abbeville Dothan‡ Headland
Towns	Haleburg Newville
Unincorporated communities	Balkum Browns Crossroad Capps Edwin Graball Grandberry Crossroads Lawrenceville Otho Screamer Shorterville Tumbleton Wills Crossroads White Oak
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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