Rara Avis, Mississippi
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 was settled in 1850, and the town name translated to Latin means "rare bird".
The population was 100 in 1900. A post office was established in 1902.
Author and Baptist missionary James Garvin Chastain Sr., was born in Rara Avis in 1853.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rara Avis (historical)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mississippi: Dates that First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904" (PDF). United States Postal Service. April 2008.
- ^ Lloyd, James B. (2009). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. University Press of Mississippi. p. 86. ISBN 9781617034183.
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