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Yazoo City is the county seat of Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named after the Yazoo River , which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth.
Mississippi Delta – green line marks boundary. The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo–Mississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi (and portions of Arkansas and Louisiana) that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers.
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.
The river parallels the Mississippi River in the latter's floodplain for some distance before joining it north of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Natural levees which flank the Mississippi prevent the Yazoo from joining it before Vicksburg. A "yazoo stream" is a hydrologic term that was coined to describe any river or major stream with similar ...
English: This is a locator map showing Yazoo County in Mississippi. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
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.
Benton is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 415. [3] Mississippi Highway 433 passes through the community.
Little Yazoo is an unincorporated community located in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Little Yazoo is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bentonia and 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Anding on U.S. Route 49. Residents are within the Yazoo County School District. Residents are zoned to Yazoo County Middle School and Yazoo County High School.