Zama (also, Ayres) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Attala County, Mississippi Attala County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,564. Its county seat is Kosciusko. Attala County is named for Atala, a fictional Native American heroine from an early-19th-centu ...

, United States. A post office operated under the name Ayres from 1891 to 1908 and under the name Zama from 1918 to 1964. On April 27, 2011, a tornado hit the Zama area as part of the

2011 Super Outbreak The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25–28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction ...

, causing heavy tree and power line damage.NOAA Report
/ref> The tornado was rated EF1, with estimated wind speeds of . The tornado destroyed a barn in its path of destruction of wide as it travelled a path of .NOAA Jackson Report
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Unincorporated communities in Attala County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{AttalaCountyMS-geo-stub