Lower Peach Tree, Alabama

Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama is located in Alabama
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama is located in the United States
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Lower Peach Tree, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°50′26.55″N 87°32′42.99″W / 31.8407083°N 87.5452750°W / 31.8407083; -87.5452750
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyWilcox
Elevation
190 ft (60 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36751
Area code334

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

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″N 87°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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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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