Wren, Mississippi

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Wren, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°58′18″N88°35′59″W / 33.97167°N 88.59972°W / 33.97167; -88.59972
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Monroe
Elevation
279 ft (85 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID679885 [1]

Wren, (also known as Wrens), is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi. [1]

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Wren is located between Amory and Okolona. The nearby community of New Wren is located on U.S. Route 45 (US 45), near its intersection with US 278. [2]

History

In 1900, Wren had three stores and a high school. [3]

A post office operated under the name Wren from 1900 to 1904. [4]

The Wren Lookout Tower is listed on the National Historic Lookout Register. [5]

The community is served by two volunteer fire departments. [6]

Wren was hit by a fast-moving EF3 tornado on March 24, 2023. Prior to impacting Wren, the tornado struck Amory. [7] An A 172-year-old church was demolished during the storms. [8] There were two fatalities, along with a serious injury that occurred during the tornadic event. [9]

The Wren Field is a natural gas field located in Wren. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wren". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "New Wren". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 992.
  4. ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Splunge Lookout Tower". nhlr.org. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Monroe County Volunteer Fire Departments". monroems.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". apps.dat.noaa.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  8. ↑ "172-year-old church in Wren is demolished in storms". Home - WCBI TV | Your News Leader. March 27, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  9. ↑ WLBT Staff. "Father and 1-year-old daughter confirmed dead from Mississippi tornado". WTOK. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  10. ↑ "MONROE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI OIL & GAS PRODUCTION INDEX MAP" (PDF). geology.deq.ms.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Obituaries" . Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal . February 20, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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