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Rara Avis is an ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = United States Postal Service )〕 Author and Baptist missionary James Garvin Chastain Sr., was born in Rara Avis in 1853. The post office closed and the hamlet ceased to exist in 1926. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rara Avis, Mississippi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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