Malvina, Mississippi
Malvina, Mississippi | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Bolivar |
Elevation | 144 ft (44 m) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 38769 |
Area code(s) | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 692039[1] |
Malvina is an unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Symonds and approximately 9 miles (14 km) east of Rosedale.
Originally named "Phalia", the town was established in 1887 by Jett Dent, who became the first postmaster. Dent owned a logging company and sawmill, as well as a flat boat with which he plied the waters of the Bogue Phalia, which ran through Phalia.
Phalia was a busy logging town, and the Bogue Phalia was used to run log rafts south to Pace to be milled.
When the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway built a line in the late 1880s between Rosedale and Boyle, a depot, platforms, water tank and wood yard were constructed at Phalia. By 1900, there was a store, two seed houses, and a train that ran twice daily.
In 1901, the town's name was changed to Malvina, after Malvina Yeager Scott.
A dirt road ran from Rosedale to Merigold, and passed through Malvina. In 1906, the Board of Supervisors began county-wide gravel road construction.[2]
In the 1920s, a wooden three-way bridge was built in Malvina over the confluence of the Lane Bayou and Bogue Phalia. It was one of the few three-way bridges in the world, and was torn down and replaced by a modern bridge in 1972.[3]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Malvina, Mississippi
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