Rara Avis is a
ghost town located in
Itawamba County, Mississippi
Itawamba County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 23,401. Its county seat is Fulton. The county is part of the Tupelo, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The county was ...
, approximately 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
External links
Photo of Rara Avis welcome sign
Former populated places in Itawamba County, Mississippi
Former populated places in Mississippi
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