Marble Valley, Alabama

Marble Valley, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Marble Valley, Alabama
Marble Valley, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°02′38″N 86°27′07″W / 33.04389°N 86.45194°W / 33.04389; -86.45194
Country United States
State Alabama
County Coosa
Elevation 518 ft (158 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 256 & 938, 334
GNIS feature ID 156656[1]

Marble Valley is an unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.

History

Marble Valley is named after the Sylacauga marble found and quarried locally.[2] A post office called Marble Valley was established in 1852, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[3] Marble Valley became a site for soldiers to volunteer to join the Confederate States Army from Coosa County.[4] One soldier from Marble Valley, William Wood, wrote letters home to his family during the Civil War. After his death in a northern prison in 1863, his brothers compiled the letters and information from fellow soldiers into memoirs.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Marble Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ↑ "Coosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Gracie's Alabama Volunteers: The History of the Fifty-ninth Alabama Volunteer Regiment - John M. Burton - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  5. ↑ The Marble Valley Boys - Wayne and Henry Black Wood - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-10-29.


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