Yazoo City, Mississippi Yazoo City, Mississippi City of Yazoo City Location of Yazoo City, Mississippi Location of Yazoo City, Mississippi Yazoo City, Mississippi is positioned in the US Yazoo City, Mississippi - Yazoo City, Mississippi Website City of Yazoo City Yazoo City is a town/city in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.
It was titled after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was titled by the French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as "Riviere des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth.
It is the governmental center of county of Yazoo County and the principal town/city of the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Jackson Yazoo City Combined Statistical Area.
Yazoo City is positioned at 32 51 23 N 90 24 27 W (32.856458, -90.407379), 40 miles northwest of Jackson at the junctions of U.S.
Route 49 - W provides a fairly direct link between Yazoo City and Belzoni.
The new highway makes the town of Carter so near, it might be considered for annexation by Yazoo City.
Two bridges now cross the Yazoo River at Yazoo City.
The section of MS 3 in Yazoo City is called Haley Barbour Parkway.
Barbour, the former governor of Mississippi, interval up in Yazoo City and has a home on Wolf Lake, a lake north of Yazoo City.
49 - E) through Yazoo City is titled Jerry Clower Boulevard, after the famous comedian, a former resident of Yazoo City.
Yazoo City is also known as the "Gateway to the Delta" due to its locale on the transition between the two great landforms that characterize the geography of Mississippi (the part of the town/city lies in the Mississippi Delta and the easterly part lies in the loess bluffs that characterize most of easterly Mississippi).
Ricks Memorial Library, Yazoo City According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.9 sq mi (28 km2), of which 10.8 sq mi (28 km2) is territory and 0.1 sq mi (0.26 km2) (1.19%) is veiled by water.
Child Labor in Yazoo City, 1911, photo by Lewis Hine The improve now known as Yazoo City was established in 1824 with the name Hannan's Bluff.
It was later retitled Manchester, then changed to Yazoo City in 1841.
Yazoo City became the governmental center of county in 1849.
A yellow fever epidemic hit Yazoo City in 1853.
During the American Civil War, a makeshift shipyard was established on the Yazoo River at Yazoo City after the Confederate loss of New Orleans.
The shipyard was finished by Union forces in 1863, but the Confederates soon recovered Yazoo City.
Yazoo City was rebuilt, but yellow fever hit and took more victims in 1878.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 did much damage to the entire Delta, but Yazoo City was restored and is now protected by an effective flood-prevention system.
Yazoo City sign after April 24, 2010 tornado A strong tornado, rated EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale and with a path width of 1.75 mi, hit Yazoo County on April 24, 2010. Four citizens were killed in the Yazoo City area, and a number were seriously injured; four of the victims were airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the capital town/city of Jackson, 40 mi away.
Around 8:05 pm small-town time, Yazoo City was hit by two tornadoes: first, an EF-2 tornado 3 mi southwest of town, then a second EF-2 inside the town/city limits, causing momentous damage to a several downtown buildings.
The mayor of Yazoo City is Diane Delaware.
The United States Postal Service operates the Yazoo City Post Office. The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Correctional Complex, Yazoo City, which consists of FCI Yazoo City Low and FCI Yazoo City Medium. Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides service to Yazoo City using the Yazoo City Station.
Yazoo County Airport is in unincorporated Yazoo County, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of central Yazoo City.
Alexander Boarman, Yazoo City native served as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Many of Clower's comical stories mention Yazoo City.
Friley, 19th-century Baptist clergyman in Yazoo City; later president of two Baptist universities Willie Morris, writer who was born in Jackson, MS, but interval up in Yazoo City Yazoo City is served by the Yazoo City Municipal School District.
Yazoo County High School and Yazoo City High School serve as the chief enhance schools.
The Yazoo Herald, is Yazoo County's only daily newspaper.
History of Yazoo City's Jewish improve (from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life) Municipalities and communities of Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States
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Cities in Yazoo County, Mississippi - County seats in Mississippi - Populated places established in 1824 - Micropolitan areas of Mississippi
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