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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.
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]
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.
The Yazoo Pass expedition was a joint operation of Major General Ulysses S. Grant 's Army of the Tennessee and Rear Admiral David D. Porter 's Mississippi River Squadron in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Grant's objective was to get his troops into a flanking position against the Rebel defenders of the heavily armed ...
Yalobusha County: 161: Water Valley, Coffeeville: YA: 1833: Formed from Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties: Yalobusha River, from Choctaw name meaning "tadpole place" 12,386: 467 sq mi (1,210 km 2) Yazoo County: 163: Yazoo City: YZ: 1823: Formed from Hinds County: Yazoo River, named for the Yazoo people: 25,796: 920 sq mi (2,383 km 2)
Rivers of Yazoo County, Mississippi (2 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Yazoo County, Mississippi" This category contains only the following page.
August 15, 2024 at 12:52 PM. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi's capital city ...
Joseph C. Thomas, Sr. ( 1949-06-25) June 25, 1949 (age 75) Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Children. 3. Joseph C. Thomas, Sr. (born June 25, 1949) is an American politician, serving in the Mississippi Senate from the 21st district from 2004 to 2008 and from the 22nd district since 2020.