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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.
When you head north toward the flat Mississippi Delta from the state capital of Jackson, Yazoo County is your first stop for blues, history, shopping, legendary tales like the “Witch of Yazoo,” the great outdoors and more.
Yazoo City, city, seat (1848) of Yazoo county, west-central Mississippi, U.S. It lies along the Yazoo River, 47 miles (76 km) northwest of Jackson. Founded as a planned community in 1826, it was later called Manchester; it was renamed for the Yazoo Indians in 1839.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Standing as the famous Gateway to the Delta, Yazoo City occupies a fabled spot in Mississippi’s culture and history. Tourists make the drive to Yazoo City a part of their trips through the state because of this rich history.
By the 1820 Treaty of Doak’s Stand, the Choctaw Nation sold their northwestern lands to the United States, and for the first time the large area of Mississippi in which Yazoo City was to be located was opened to settlement by white and black Americans.
Mar 2, 2022 · Yazoo City is located around 64 km northwest of Jackson, the capital of the US State of Mississippi, on the banks of the Yazoo River, close to the Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The city has access to two bridges crossing the Yazoo River and is near Wolf Lake.
Plan your trip to Yazoo! Group tours, Civil War history, African American history and heritage, original delta blues, Mississippi art, Mississippi Delta hunting and fishing, Yazoo County Events
