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Valena is a ghost town in Attala County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

The settlement was located approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Goodman.

History

Attala County was established in 1833, and Valena was one of its earliest settlements.[2][3]

Valena was located on the east bank of the Big Black River, on the western part of a plantation owned by S.H. Clark.[4]

The settlement prospered as a small trading center, and was a regular stopping point for flatboats on the river.[4] The first sawmill in the county was located there, as well as a blacksmith shop, a saloon, two or three stores, and a post office from 1837 to 1840.[3][5][6]

Valena was abandoned before 1900.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valena (historical)
  2. ^ a b "Soil Survey of Attala County, Mississippi" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture. 2003.
  3. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 174.
  4. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 847.
  5. ^ "Extinct Towns and Villages of Attala County, Mississippi". Mississippi Historical Society. 1902.
  6. ^ "Post Offices - Mississippi". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 21, 2016.


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