Alva, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 33°38′16″N 89°30′26″W / 33.63778°N 89.50722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Montgomery |
Elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 38925 |
Area code | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 666240[1] |
Alva is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States. Alva is 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Sweatman and 14.1 miles (22.7 km) east of Duck Hill on Mississippi Highway 404. In 1900, Alva had a school, several stores, a cotton gin, and a church.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alva, Mississippi
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 73.