Marble Valley, Alabama

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

Marble Valley, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Marble Valley, Alabama
Marble Valley, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°02′38″N 86°27′07″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCoosa
Elevation
518 ft (158 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938, 334
GNIS feature ID156656[1]

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]

gollark: So when the Sun circles round the Earth, some bits are lit and some unlit at different times.
gollark: No, it's just that light travels really slowly.
gollark: They are just shiny things drawn on the crystal sphere surrounding Earth, obviously.
gollark: You should ask why they still believe in the Moon.
gollark: Yes. You only see one side. The other side contains our secret base.

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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