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
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Coosa
Elevation	518 ft (158 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	256 & 938, 334
GNIS feature ID	156656[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]

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. Burton, John Michael. Gracie's Alabama Volunteers: The History of the Fifty-ninth Alabama Volunteer Regiment - John M. Burton - Google Books. ISBN 9781455605248. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
5. Wood, Wayne (1986). The Marble Valley Boys - Wayne and Henry Black Wood - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-10-29.