Amory, Mississippi: Difference between revisions

|image_caption = Frisco Park (in 2005)

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|map_caption = Location within [[Monroe County, Mississippi|Monroe County]] and the state of [[Mississippi]]

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|website = {{URL|http://www.cityofamoryms.com/|cityofamoryms.com}}

'''Amory''' {{IPAc-en|'|eI|.|m|@r|.|i}} is a city in [[Monroe County, Mississippi|Monroe County]], [[Mississippi]], United States. The population was 76,316666 at the [[2020 United States Censuscensus|2020 census]], 2010|down from 7,316 in [[2010 United States census|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, Mississippi|Cotton Gin Port]], along the Tombigbee River to the east, 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 [[Southern United States|South]] and needed a midpoint between [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Birmingham, Alabama|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, Mississippi|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.

On the evening of Friday, March 24, 2023, Amory was [[Tornado outbreak of March 24, 2023|struck by a fast-moving EF3 tornado]], resulting in significant residential damage, as well as multiple injuries and two fatalities.<ref name=23tornado>{{cite web |title=Amory, Monroe County areas hit hard by severe storms |first=Joey |last=Barnes |url=https://www.wcbi.com/amory-monroe-county-areas-hit-hard-by-severe-storms/ |website=WCBI-TV |accessdate=March 25, 2023 |date=March 25, 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brinkmann |first=Heather |date=2023-03-March 26, 2023 |title=Video inside Amory school shows moments Mississippi tornado hit |url=https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/amory-high-school-mississippi-tornado |access-date=2023-03-March 31, 2023 |website=FOX Weather |language=en-US}}</ref> The same tornado also impacted [[Egypt, Chickasaw County, Mississippi|Egypt]] prior, and [[Wren, Mississippi|Wren]] thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=apps.dat.noaa.gov}}</ref>

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 6,956 people, 2,876 households, and 1,903 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|927.2 people per square mile (358.1|PD/km<sup>2<sqmi|PD/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,147 housing units at an average density of {{convert|419.5 per square mile (162.0|/km<sup>2<sqmi|/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 69.85% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 29.18% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.06% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.16% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.63% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.79% of the population.

[[Image:FriscoParkAmoryMississippi.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Frisco Park (in 2005)]]

In honor of its cultural and historical heritage, the city of Amory holds the annual "Railroad Festival" in April in Frisco Park in downtown. Among other attractions, the Festival includes southern foods—such as fried catfish, [[barbecue]], and apple fritters— rides, arts and crafts, and live music, most notably the local band The Gents who have brought fans out for years with their [[Motown]], [[Blues Brothers]], and classic oldies show. While spring rains are possible during the 3-day festival, turnout is generally quite large, with as many as 40,000 visiting the festival over the period of a weekend. The festival was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned in 2022, however it was cancelled again in 2023, as Amory was still recovering from the deadly tornado that hit the city on March 24. The city was able to have the Railroad Festival in 2024 though.

Amory Christian Academy is a small private schoolFundamentalist alsoBaptist locatedschool in Amory, MS.

* [[Will Hall (American football)|Will Hall]], head football coach, [[University of Southern Mississippi]] ; previously offensive coordinator, University of Louisiana Lafayette and head coach at University of West Alabama and University of West Georgia

* [http://{{Official|www.cityofamoryms.com/ City of Amory]}}