Valena, Mississippi

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Valena, Mississippi
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Valena, Mississippi
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Valena, Mississippi
Valena, Mississippi (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°57′15″N89°53′00″W / 32.95417°N 89.88333°W / 32.95417; -89.88333
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Attala
Elevation
230 ft (70 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID711031 [1]

Valena is a ghost town in Attala County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

The settlement was located approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Goodman.

History

Attala County was established in 1833, and Valena was one of its earliest settlements. [2] [3]

Valena was located on the east bank of the Big Black River, on the western part of a plantation owned by S.H. Clark. [4]

The settlement prospered as a small trading center, and was a regular stopping point for flatboats on the river. [4] The first sawmill in the county was located there, as well as a blacksmith shop, a saloon, two or three stores, and a post office from 1837 to 1840. [3] [5] [6]

Valena was abandoned before 1900. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valena (historical)
  2. 1 2 "Soil Survey of Attala County, Mississippi" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture. 2003.
  3. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p.  174.
  4. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 847.
  5. ↑ "Extinct Towns and Villages of Attala County, Mississippi". Mississippi Historical Society. 1902.
  6. ↑ "Post Offices - Mississippi". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 21, 2016.


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