Marble Valley, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

33°02′38″N 86°27′07″W / 33.04389°N 86.45194°W / 33.04389; -86.45194CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyCoosaElevation

518 ft (158 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)256 & 938, 334GNIS feature ID156656^[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

^ "Marble Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
^ "Coosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
^ Burton, John Michael. Gracie's Alabama Volunteers: The History of the Fifty-ninth Alabama Volunteer Regiment - John M. Burton - Google Books. ISBN 9781455605248. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
^ Wood, Wayne (1986). The Marble Valley Boys - Wayne and Henry Black Wood - Google Books. Retrieved October 29, 2014.