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Welcome to Valena ...So far, we found very little information about Valena. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Valena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Valena, please Contact Us. Valena would have been located within present day Attala County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Valena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. While the community is gone, the present day location for Valena is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Valena was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Valena was located: 662 Communities near Valena ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Valena.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Valena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Valena. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Valena. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valena. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Valena. See our Newspapers Page for Valena. Adding Valena to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Valena in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Valena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Valena. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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