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  2. Yazoo City, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Child Labor in Yazoo City, 1911, photo by Lewis Hine. The community now known as Yazoo City was founded in 1824 with the name Hannan's Bluff. It was later renamed Manchester, then changed to Yazoo City in 1841. Yazoo City became the county seat in 1849. A yellow fever epidemic struck Yazoo City in 1853.

  3. Yazoo County, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Yazoo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,743. [1] The county seat is Yazoo City. [2] It is named for the Yazoo River, which forms its western border. Its name is said to come from a Choctaw language word meaning "River of Death". [3] [4]

  4. File:Map of Mississippi highlighting Yazoo County.svg

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    For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: ... National Register of Historic Places listings in Yazoo County, Mississippi; Oil City ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Yazoo County ...

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    Location of Yazoo County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yazoo County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...

  6. Yazoo people - Wikipedia

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    Yazoo people. The Yazoo were a tribe of the Native American Tunica people historically located along the lower course of the Yazoo River in an area now known as the Mississippi Delta. They were closely related to other Tunica language –speaking peoples, especially the Tunica, Koroa, and possibly the Tioux.

  7. Satartia, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Satartia is a village in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 41, [ 4] Mississippi's smallest incorporated municipality by population. [ 5] Located on the east bank of the Yazoo River, Satartia was once a thriving river port, and is one of the oldest non-Native settlements in Yazoo County.

  8. Mosely-Woods House - Wikipedia

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    June 25, 2005. The Mosely-Woods House (also known as the Starling-Wilburn House) is a historic house located near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The house is notable for its Greek Revival architecture and its significance as one of the earliest African-American-owned residences in the area, continuously owned by the same family since 1880.

  9. Bentonia, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    28-05380. GNIS feature ID. 2405246 [ 2] Website. townofbentonia .com. Bentonia is a town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 319. [ 3] The Bentonia School of blues singing and guitar-playing is named for Bentonia.