Zama, Mississippi

Zama
Unincorporated community
Zama Fire Station
Zama Fire Station
Zama is located in Mississippi
Zama
Zama
Zama's position in Mississippi.
Coordinates: 32°58′30″N 89°22′48″W / 32.97500°N 89.38000°W / 32.97500; -89.38000
Country United States
State Mississippi
CountyAttala
Elevation
417 ft (127 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID691172
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zama, Mississippi

Zama (also, Ayres) is an unincorporated community in Attala County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

History

A post office operated under the name Ayres from 1891 to 1908 and under the name Zama from 1918 to 1964.[2]

Zama is named for a daughter of one of the community's founders. The first school building in Zama was constructed in 1907. The school was replaced in 1949 by a building designed by Edgar Lucian Malvaney. The community was once home to two hotels, a railroad depot, jail, bank, and multiple churches. The National Youth Administration assisted in constructing a vocational building and gymnasium in Zama in 1937 and 1938.[3]

The W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company operated a band saw mill in Zama. The company maintained a railroad, the Kosciusko & Southeastern Railroad, which connected Zama to the Illinois Central Railroad in Kosciusko.[4] The mill closed in 1931.[5]

On April 27, 2011, a tornado hit the Zama area as part of the 2011 Super Outbreak, causing heavy tree and power line damage.[6] The tornado was rated EF1, with estimated wind speeds of 95 mph (153 km/h; 83 kn). The tornado destroyed a barn in its path of destruction of 50 yards (46 m) wide as it travelled a path of 1 mile (1.6 km).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Zama, Mississippi." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zama, Mississippi Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Attala County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Suzassippi's Mississippi: Zama Consolidated School". Preservation in Mississippi. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  4. ↑ "A Pictoral Study of the Far-Flung Lumber Interests of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company". The Southern Lumberman. 134: 36. 1929.
  5. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Bolinger-Franklin Lumber Co. (1916-1924)". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  6. ↑ NOAA Report
  7. ↑ NOAA Jackson Report


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