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2405798 [ 6] Website. City of Yazoo City. 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.
1954–1968. J. F. Barbour III. 1968–1972 [5] Elected as an Independent, Barbour was one of the first Mississippi politicians to successfully challenge the Democratic Party in the state in the modern era. Floyd E. Johnson. 1972-1978 [6] Charles E. Fulgham. 1978–1990 [2] Hugh J. McGraw.
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]
During the morning hours of April 24, a massive and long tracked tornado struck the southern side of Yazoo City, Ebenezer, Durant, and Hesterville in Mississippi, causing 10 fatalities and injuring a further 146 people during its 149 miles path. It was the strongest and deadliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 22–25, 2010 and the ...
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 ...
Government. County government. Subdivisions. cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place. There are 82 counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Mississippi is tied with Arkansas for the most counties with two county seats, at 10. Mississippi's postal abbreviation is MS and its FIPS state code is 28 .
Added to NRHP. April 8, 1993; 31 years ago. ( 1993-04-08) The Augustus J. Oakes House is a historic residence in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Augustus J. Oakes (March 22, 1854 - October 2, 1924) was the founder of the private Oakes Academy school for African Americans in 1884. He was married to Emma Johnson Oakes (1882 - 1942) and is buried in ...
Yazoo City High School is a public high school in Yazoo City, Mississippi. It is within the Mississippi Achievement School District . As of 2024 [update] its enrollment is about 600 pupils.