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Rara Avis is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the Alabama state line.

Rara Avis, Mississippi
Ghost town
Rara Avis
Rara Avis
Coordinates: 34°20′32″N 88°10′50″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyItawamba
Elevation
515 ft (157 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID706266[1]

Rara Avis was settled in 1850,[1] and the town name translated to Latin means "rare bird".[citation needed]

The population was 100 in 1900.[2] A post office was established in 1902.[3]

Author and Baptist missionary James Garvin Chastain Sr., was born in Rara Avis in 1853.[4]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rara Avis (historical)
  2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 519.
  3. "Mississippi: Dates that First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904" (PDF). United States Postal Service. April 2008.
  4. Lloyd, James B. (2009). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. University Press of Mississippi. p. 86.



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