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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gary Springs, Alabama

Gary Springs (also Brown Springs, Garey Springs) is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States.

The community is named for the mineral springs located there. The water from the springs contains large quantities of epsom salts. The springs were named for Dr. Thomas P. Gary, a physician from Selma who developed the springs.

References

  1. ^ "Gary Springs, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Smith, Eugene Allen; McCalley, Henry (1904). Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama: State of Alabama. p. 73.
  3. ^ Ellison, Rhoda C. (1999). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780817309879.