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Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°50′26.55″N 87°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.

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). 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).

Notable people

James Crawford, former professional basketball player who played in the Australian National Basketball League
Brenda Lee Eager, soul singer and musical theatre performer. Grew up in Lower Peach Tree.

In popular culture

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

References

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

v t e Municipalities and communities of Wilcox County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Camden
City	Camden	Map of Alabama highlighting Wilcox County
Towns	Oak Hill Pine Apple Pine Hill Yellow Bluff
CDPs	Boykin Catherine
Unincorporated communities	Ackerville Alberta Allenton Anne Manie Arlington Bethel Canton Bend Coy Fatama Furman Gastonburg Kimbrough Lamison Lower Peach Tree McWilliams Millers Ferry Pebble Hill Prairie Rockwest Rosebud Snow Hill Sunny South
Ghost towns	Prairie Bluff Ruthven
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