Rara Avis is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, approximately west of the Alabama state line.
Rara Avis was settled in 1850.
The population was 100 in 1900. A post office was established in 1902.
Author and Baptist missionary James Garvin Chastain Sr., was born in Rara Avis in 1853.
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External links Photo of Rara Avis welcome sign