Initially incorporated in 1819, Triana's government became dormant after 1830. More than one hundred years later, Triana's citizens met at Saint Paul Methodist Church to plan the rebirth of their government. Madison County Probate Judge Ashford Todd approved the citizens' petition and reinstated the town in July 1964. The first African American officials of the new Triana were Mayor Clyde Foster and town councilors Jessie J. Bennett, David L. Barnes, Joe L. Fletcher, William Griffin, and Erskine Parcus. This new governing body established a rural water system and helped obtain the first-in-the-nation USDA Section 504 Rural Housing Economic Opportunity Loan. Two hundred years after its initial incorporation, Triana was a thriving community.