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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 Illinois Central Railroad 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
Unincorporated community
Oak Vale
Oak Vale
Coordinates: 31°26′19″N 89°57′52″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountiesJefferson Davis, Lawrence
Elevation
207 ft (63 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39656
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID675104[1]

Oak Vale is referenced in the title of Natasha Trethewey's poem Signs, Oakvale, Mississippi, 1941.[6]


Notes


  1. "Oak Vale, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. 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.
  4. Howe, Tony. "Oakvale, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  5. "Lawrence County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  6. Trethewey, Natasha (2018). Monument: Poems, New and Selected. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 19. ISBN 9781328508690.





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