Official Name: | Marble Valley, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Coosa |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 518 |
Coordinates: | 33.0439°N -86.4519°W |
Area Code: | 256 & 938, 334 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 156656 |
Marble Valley is an unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.
Marble Valley is named after the Sylacauga marble found and quarried locally.[1] A post office called Marble Valley was established in 1852, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[2] Marble Valley became a site for soldiers to volunteer to join the Confederate States Army from Coosa County.[3] 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.[4]