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Welcome to Braggville ...

Braggville is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Braggville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Braggville is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Braggville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Braggville: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Braggville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Braggville - they are located in Massachusetts and Montana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Braggville.

Communities near Braggville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Braggville.

  • Demopolis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Livingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Eutaw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Forkland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Forkland is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
  • Epes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Epes is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
  • Boligee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Gainesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gainesville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
  • Emelle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Emelle is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Miller
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Miller is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
  • Lizzieville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lizzieville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Braggville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Braggville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Braggville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Braggville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Braggville. See our Newspapers Page for Braggville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Braggville ...

Looking for more information about Braggville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Braggville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Braggville.

Adding Braggville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Braggville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Braggville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Braggville post office opened in 1898. The Braggville post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Braggville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Braggville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Braggville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Braggville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/