The community was originally called Haygood, but the name was later changed to Straughn in honor of a local family who was instrumental in establishing the community's school.[2] A post office operated under the name Haygood from 1892 to 1904.[3] Straughn is home to Straughn High School.
straughn, alabama, straughn, also, known, haygood, unincorporated, community, covington, county, alabama, united, states, unincorporated, communityshow, alabamashow, united, statescoordinates, 38833, 41806, 38833, 41806countryunited, statesstatealabamacountyco. Straughn also known as Haygood is an unincorporated community in Covington County Alabama United States Straughn AlabamaUnincorporated communityStraughn AlabamaShow map of AlabamaStraughn AlabamaShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 31 23 18 N 86 25 05 W 31 38833 N 86 41806 W 31 38833 86 41806CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyCovingtonElevation374 ft 114 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code334GNIS feature ID127456 1 History editThe community was originally called Haygood but the name was later changed to Straughn in honor of a local family who was instrumental in establishing the community s school 2 A post office operated under the name Haygood from 1892 to 1904 3 Straughn is home to Straughn High School References edit Straughn Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior About the school Straughn High School Covington County Board of Education Retrieved December 25 2015 Covington County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved December 25 2015 nbsp This Covington County Alabama state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Straughn Alabama amp oldid 1167678578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
