Lower Peach Tree, Alabama

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Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
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Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°50′26.55″N87°32′42.99″W / 31.8407083°N 87.5452750°W / 31.8407083; -87.5452750
Country United States
State Alabama
County Wilcox
Elevation
190 ft (60 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36751
Area code 334

Lower Peach Tree is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. [1]

Contents

The community was named for a peach tree which stood near the original town site (the town's name was prefixed with "Lower" to avoid repetition with another place called "Peach Tree" in the state). [2] This town was devastated by an F4 Tornado on March 21, 1913, killing 27 people.

Geography

Lower Peach Tree is located at 31°50′27″N87°32′43″W / 31.84070°N 87.54527°W / 31.84070; -87.54527 and has an elevation of 190 feet (58 m). [1]

Notable people

Lower Peach Tree is featured as the setting of "Poachers", the titular story of Tom Franklin's short story collection. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
  2. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 80.
  3. ↑ Franklin, Tom (1999). Poachers. HarperCollins. p. 130. ISBN   0688167403.


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