Rara Avis, Mississippi
| Rara Avis | |
|---|---|
| Ghost town | |
  Rara Avis | |
| Coordinates: 34°20′32″N 88°10′50″W / 34.34222°N 88.18056°WCoordinates: 34°20′32″N 88°10′50″W / 34.34222°N 88.18056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Itawamba |
| Elevation | 515 ft (157 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 706266[1] |
Rara Avis is an 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,[1] and the town name translated to Latin means "rare bird".
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]
The post office closed and the hamlet ceased to exist in 1926.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 519.
- ↑ "Mississippi: Dates that First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904". United States Postal Service. April 2008.
- ↑ Lloyd, James B. (2009). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. University Press of Mississippi. p. 86.
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