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Amory, Mississippi
Amory /ˈeɪ.mər.i/ is a city in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 6,666 at the 2020 census, down from 7,316 in 2010. Located in the northeastern part of the state near the Alabama border, it was founded in 1887 as a railroad town by the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad. As a result, Cotton Gin Port, along the Tombigbee River to the west, was abandoned as businesses and people moved for railroad access.
Amory was founded as a planned railroad town. The Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad was expanding in the South and needed a midpoint between Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama, to service their locomotives. They laid out the new town of Amory, near the Alabama border, in 1887.
Believing railroad access to be critical, people from nearby Cotton Gin Port, about 1.5 miles away and located along the Tombigbee River, abandoned their town and moved to Amory. All that remains of the former Cotton Gin Port are the ruins of buildings and an old cemetery.
Two field recordings were made at Monroe County Training School in Amory.
On the evening of Friday, March 24, 2023, Amory was struck by a fast-moving EF3 tornado, resulting in significant residential damage, as well as multiple injuries and two fatalities. At Amory High School, cameras caught the tornado damaging the building, ripping the roof off the building and flying debris impacted the schools' athletic facility. The same tornado also impacted Egypt prior, and Wren thereafter.
Amory is in northern Monroe County, on the east side of the valley of the Tombigbee River. The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway forms the northwestern border of the city.
U.S. Route 278 passes through the south side of the city as Sixth Avenue, leading west 8 miles (13 km) the US 45 freeway and southeast 22 miles (35 km) to Sulligent, Alabama. Okolona, Mississippi, is 15 miles (24 km) to the west via US 278 and Mississippi Highway 41. State Highway 25 passes through Amory as Main Street, leading north 26 miles (42 km) to Fulton and south 16 miles (26 km) to Aberdeen, the Monroe county seat. State Highway 6 leads northwest from Amory 11 miles (18 km) to Nettleton and 26 miles (42 km) to Tupelo.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Amory has a total area of 13.1 square miles (34 km2), of which 12.5 square miles (32 km2) are land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), or 4.63%, are water. Amory Lock on the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway and part of its upstream pool are along the northern edge of the city.
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Amory, Mississippi
Amory /ˈeɪ.mər.i/ is a city in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 6,666 at the 2020 census, down from 7,316 in 2010. Located in the northeastern part of the state near the Alabama border, it was founded in 1887 as a railroad town by the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad. As a result, Cotton Gin Port, along the Tombigbee River to the west, was abandoned as businesses and people moved for railroad access.
Amory was founded as a planned railroad town. The Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad was expanding in the South and needed a midpoint between Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama, to service their locomotives. They laid out the new town of Amory, near the Alabama border, in 1887.
Believing railroad access to be critical, people from nearby Cotton Gin Port, about 1.5 miles away and located along the Tombigbee River, abandoned their town and moved to Amory. All that remains of the former Cotton Gin Port are the ruins of buildings and an old cemetery.
Two field recordings were made at Monroe County Training School in Amory.
On the evening of Friday, March 24, 2023, Amory was struck by a fast-moving EF3 tornado, resulting in significant residential damage, as well as multiple injuries and two fatalities. At Amory High School, cameras caught the tornado damaging the building, ripping the roof off the building and flying debris impacted the schools' athletic facility. The same tornado also impacted Egypt prior, and Wren thereafter.
Amory is in northern Monroe County, on the east side of the valley of the Tombigbee River. The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway forms the northwestern border of the city.
U.S. Route 278 passes through the south side of the city as Sixth Avenue, leading west 8 miles (13 km) the US 45 freeway and southeast 22 miles (35 km) to Sulligent, Alabama. Okolona, Mississippi, is 15 miles (24 km) to the west via US 278 and Mississippi Highway 41. State Highway 25 passes through Amory as Main Street, leading north 26 miles (42 km) to Fulton and south 16 miles (26 km) to Aberdeen, the Monroe county seat. State Highway 6 leads northwest from Amory 11 miles (18 km) to Nettleton and 26 miles (42 km) to Tupelo.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Amory has a total area of 13.1 square miles (34 km2), of which 12.5 square miles (32 km2) are land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), or 4.63%, are water. Amory Lock on the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway and part of its upstream pool are along the northern edge of the city.
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