Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
| Oak Vale, Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 31°26′19″N 89°57′52″W / 31.43861°N 89.96444°W / 31.43861; -89.96444 | |
| 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 |
Oak Vale is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Davis and Lawrence counties, Mississippi, United States. Its ZIP code is 39656. 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. A post office operated under the name Oakvale from 1856 to 1869 and began operating under the name Oak Vale in 1873.
Oak Vale is referenced in the title of Natasha Trethewey's poem Signs, Oakvale, Mississippi, 1941.
Notes
- ^ "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.
| Municipalities and communities of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, United States | ||
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| County seat: Prentiss | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This community also has portions in adjacent county or counties | |
| Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States | ||
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| County seat: Monticello | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This community also has portions in adjacent county or counties | |
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