Marble Valley, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 33°02′38″N86°27′07″W / 33.04389°N 86.45194°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 codes | 256 & 938, 334 |
GNIS feature ID | 156656 [1] |
Marble Valley is an unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.
Marble Valley is named for the Sylacauga marble found and quarried locally. [2] post office named Marble Valley operated from 1852 until it closed in 1934. [3] Marble Valley served as a recruitment site for soldiers volunteering 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 Union prison in 1863, his brothers compiled the letters and testimonies from fellow soldiers into a memoir. [5]