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Amory is a city in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 6,666 at the 2020 census, down from 7,316 at the 2010 census. 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 east, was abandoned as businesses and people moved for railroad access.

Amory city overview:
Name:	Amory city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Mississippi
County:	Monroe County
Elevation:	240 ft (70 m)
Total Area:	13.14 sq mi (34.03 km²)
Land Area:	12.53 sq mi (32.46 km²)
Water Area:	0.61 sq mi (1.58 km²)
Total Population:	6,666
Population Density:	531.96/sq mi (205.39/km²)
ZIP code:	38821
Area code:	662
FIPS code:	2801260
Website:	cityofamoryms.com

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History

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, Mississippi, 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.

2023 tornado

On the evening of Friday, March 24, 2023, Amory was struck by a 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.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.0 square miles (21 km), of which 7.5 square miles (19 km) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km) (6.37%) is water.