Oak Vale is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Davis and Lawrence counties, Mississippi, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 39656.[2] Oak Vale is located on the former Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (and sold to the Illinois Central Railroad before being abandoned) and was once home to a bank and general store.[3][4] A post office operated under the name Oakvale from 1856 to 1869 and began operating under the name Oak Vale in 1873.[5]
Oak Vale, Mississippi | |
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| Coordinates: 31°26′19″N 89°57′52″W / 31.43861°N 89.96444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| Counties | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence |
| Elevation | 207 ft (63 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39656 |
| Area code(s) | 601 & 769 |
| GNIS feature ID | 675104[1] |
Oak Vale is referenced in the title of Natasha Trethewey's poem Signs, Oakvale, Mississippi, 1941.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ a b "Oak Vale, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 351.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Oakvale, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "Lawrence County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ Trethewey, Natasha (2018). Monument: Poems, New and Selected. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 19. ISBN 9781328508690.
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