Official Name: | Oak Vale, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Oak Vale |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 207 |
Coordinates: | 31.4386°N -89.9644°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 39656 |
Area Code: | 601 & 769 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 675104 |
Oak Vale is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Davis and Lawrence counties, Mississippi, United States. Its ZIP code is 39656.[1] 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.[2] [3] A post office operated under the name Oakvale from 1856 to 1869 and began operating under the name Oak Vale in 1873.[4]
Oak Vale is referenced in the title of Natasha Trethewey's poem Signs, Oakvale, Mississippi, 1941.[5]