Rabb is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Conecuh County,

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, United States.

History

Rabb was named for William Rabb, Sr., who settled in the area in 1819. A post office operated under the name Rabb from 1898 to 1918. The Rabb Rosenwald School, which is thought to be the last remaining

Rosenwald school The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partn ...

in Conecuh County, is listed on the

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References

Unincorporated communities in Conecuh County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{ConecuhCountyAL-geo-stub