Gary Springs, Alabama
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
32°58′03″N 87°05′17″W / 32.96750°N 87.08806°W / 32.96750; -87.08806Gary Springs (also Brown Springs, Garey Springs) is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States.[1]
The community is named for the mineral springs located there. The water from the springs contains large quantities of epsom salts.[2] The springs were named for Dr. Thomas P. Gary, a physician from Selma who developed the springs.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Gary Springs, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Smith, Eugene Allen; McCalley, Henry (1904). Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama: State of Alabama. p. 73.
- ^ Ellison, Rhoda C. (1999). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780817309879.
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Municipalities and communities of Bibb County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Centreville
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