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Malvina, Mississippi

Coordinates: 33°50′58″N 90°55′02″W / 33.84944°N 90.91722°W / 33.84944; -90.91722
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Malvina, Mississippi
Malvina, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Malvina, Mississippi
Malvina, Mississippi
Malvina, Mississippi is located in the United States
Malvina, Mississippi
Malvina, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°50′58″N 90°55′02″W / 33.84944°N 90.91722°W / 33.84944; -90.91722
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyBolivar
Elevation
144 ft (44 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38769
Area code662
GNIS feature ID692039[1]

Malvina is an unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, located 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 post office operated under the name Phalia from 1887 to 1901 and under the name Malvina from 1901 to 1956.[2]

A dirt road ran from Rosedale to Merigold, and passed through Malvina. In 1906, the Board of Supervisors began county-wide gravel road construction.[3]

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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Malvina, Mississippi
  2. ^ "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "Malvina" (PDF). MSGenWEB. 1904.
  4. ^ Hays, Gabby (January 22, 2014). "Talking About the T Bridge". Bolivar Bullit. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2014.