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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]
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During the morning hours of April 24, 2010, 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 ...
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.
When completed, the Yazoo Headwater Project will protect 1,209,000 acres (4,890 km 2) of land against flooding and will partially protect another 303,000 acres (1,230 km 2). Benefits of the Headwater Project are reduced flooding around the cities of Greenwood, Yazoo City, Belzoni, and other smaller communities within the Yazoo River Basin.
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.