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Yazoo City
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city in Mississippi, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States of America
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Yazoo
- Mayor
- David "Mel" Starling ( D )
- Total
- 10.21 sq mi (26.44 km )
- Land
- 10.08 sq mi (26.12 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km )
- Elevation
- 98 ft (30 m)
- Density
- 1,023.0/sq mi (394.97/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-81520
- Website
- City of Yazoo City
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Yazoo River
- Official name
- Yazoo City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Yazoo County
- Population
- 10316
- Area
- 25.797641
- Elevation
- 34
- Capital of
- Yazoo County
- Official website
- www.yazoo.org
- Image
- YazooCityMSWelcomeSign.jpg
- Households
- 3580
- Dialing code
- 662
Show 8 more facts
- P8168
- Penalty
- postal code
- 39194
- inception
- 1824-00-00
- category for people born here
- Q32377285
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Yazoo City, Mississippi
- Commons category
- Yazoo City, Mississippi
- water as percent of area
- 1.2336
- per capita income
- 14007
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Yazoo City is a city in and 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 de La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth. Yazoo City is the principal city of the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Jackson–Yazoo City Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Yazoo City had a population of 10,316.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yazoo City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.