Yazoo City, Mississippi

Yazoo County

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Yazoo City is a city in Mississippi and has 14,550 inhabitants ( census of 2000 ). The town is the administrative seat of Yazoo County. It was named after the river Yazoo River.

History

Yazoo City was founded in 1824 under the name Hannan 's Bluff. Later the name was changed in Manchester, 1839 finally. Yazoo City, after the indian language word Yazoo, which translates as " river of death " means Ten years later, Yazoo City Yazoo County Seat of the County was.

1853 occurred in the city, a yellow fever epidemic. During the American Civil War, there was the Yazoo River, a shipyard of the Confederacy, which was destroyed in 1863 by the Union troops. After a short reconquest by the Confederates occupied in 1864, the Union troops the city and burned down most of the buildings. 1878, then the second yellow fever epidemic occurred. 1904 three-quarters of the city were destroyed in a fire further. The fire spread quickly through the winds, but spared the County Courthouse, as it was behind a channel. Within the next two years the city has been rebuilt. The Mississippi flood in 1927 damaged the city.

24 April 2010, large parts of the town were destroyed by a tornado, ten people came to our lives.

Traffic

Yazoo City is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 with the Mississippi State Highways 3, 16 and 149

Others

Yazoo City is found in the movies Miss Firecracker, Crossroads, Fletch and borate.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • William J. Mills (1849-1915), politician (Democratic Party)
  • James Paul Clarke (1854-1916), politician (Democratic Party)
  • Skip James (1902-1969), blues musician
  • Tommy McClennan (1908-1962? ), Blues musician
  • Robert Petway (1908 -? ), Blues guitarist
  • Willie Bee (1910-1942), blues singer and guitarist
  • Della Reese ( born 1931 ), jazz singer
  • Stella Stevens ( b. 1936 ), actress
  • Lawrence Gordon ( b. 1936 ), film producer
  • Haley Barbour ( b. 1947 ), politician ( Republican Party ), 63rd Governor of Mississippi
  • Michael Henderson ( born 1951 ), bassist and singer
  • Mike Espy ( born 1953 ), politician (Democratic Party)
  • Tammy Thomas (~ 1970), cyclist

Other people

  • Ethelbert Barksdale (* January 4, 1824, † February 17, 1893 in Yazoo City ), politicians (Democratic Party)
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