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Yazoo City is located at 32°51'23" North, 90°24'27" West (32.856458, -90.407379) 1. It is 40 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi at the junctions of Highways 3, 49E and 49W on the banks of the Yazoo River, near the Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge .
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 28.3 km˛ (10.9 mi˛). 27.9 km˛ (10.8 mi˛) of it is land and 0.3 km˛ (0.1 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 1.19% water.
The community now known as Yazoo City was founded in 1824, originally with the name Hannan's Bluff. The town was later renamed Manchester then changed to Yazoo City in 1839. Yazoo city became the Yazoo County seat in 1849.
A Yellow Fever epidemic struck Yazoo City in 1853.
During the American Civil War a makeshift shipyard was established on the Yazoo River at Yazoo City after the Confederate loss of New Orleans. The shipyard was destroyed by Union forces in 1863, then Yazoo City fell back into Confederate hands. Union forces retook the city the following year and burned most of the buildings in the city.
Yellow Fever returned to take more victims in 1878Events January Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 Turk.
In 19041904 is a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 7 The distress signal " CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by " SOS. February 7 A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 a fire destroyed much of central Yazoo City.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 did much damage to Yazoo City.
Yazoo City was the childhood home of bluesBlues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. Blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, musician Tommy McClennanTommy McClennan ( April 8, 1908 1962?) was a blues singer and guitarist. He was born on a farm near Yazoo City, Mississippi and grew up in the town. He played and sang blues in a rough, energetic style. He made a series of recordings for Bluebird Records, of Joe Fisher , C. H."Tally" McGraw , John Joe Humphreys , and of writers Willie Morris and Zig Ziglar . It was also the former home of Jerry ClowerJerry Clower ( September 28, 1926- August 24, 1998) was a popular country comedian best known for his stories of the rural South. Clower was born "Howard Gerald Clower" in Liberty, Mississippi. He began a stint in the Navy immediately after graduating hig, originally of Liberty, MississippiLiberty is a town located in Amite County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 633. It is the county seat of Amite County 6. Geography Liberty is located at 31°9'39" North, 90°48'14" West (31. 160812, -90. According to t in Smith CountySmith County is a county located in the U. State of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population is 16,182. Its county seat is Raleigh 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,651 km˛ (637 mi˛). 1,647 km˛ (636 mi˛) of it, who became famous while a resident of Yazoo City.