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Amory
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city in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Monroe
- Mayor
- Corey Glenn ( I )
- Total
- 13.14 sq mi (34.03 km )
- Land
- 12.53 sq mi (32.46 km )
- Water
- 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km )
- Elevation
- 240 ft (73 m)
- Density
- 532.0/sq mi (205.39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-01260
- Website
- cityofamoryms .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Amory
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Monroe County
- Population
- 6666
- Area
- 34.030493
- Elevation
- 73
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.amoryms.us
- Image
- Amory Lock 20050910.JPG
- Households
- 3024
- Dialing code
- 662
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- Commons category
- Amory, Mississippi
- Commons gallery
- Amory, Mississippi
- postal code
- 38821
- P8168
- Kindermann
- water as percent of area
- 4.5971
- per capita income
- 26520
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.