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'''Amory''' {{IPAc-en|'|eI|.|m|aɪ|.|i}} is a city in [[Monroe County, Mississippi|Monroe County]], [[Mississippi]], United States. The population was 6,666 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], 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.
==History==
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