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To honor its river
- In 1841, to honor its river, so vital to its economy, Manchester’s citizens voted to change its name to Yazoo City.
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History. Confederate Monument. Child Labor in Yazoo City, 1911, photo by Lewis Hine. The community now known as Yazoo City was founded in 1824 with the name Hannan's Bluff. It was later renamed Manchester, then changed to Yazoo City in 1841. Yazoo City became the county seat in 1849. A yellow fever epidemic struck Yazoo City in 1853.
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
Yazoo City – the county seat and principle city – was originally named Manchester It was laid out in the 1830s on acreage owned by a half French, half Choctaw Indian planter named Greenwood Leflore.
The city and river take their name from one of several American Indian groups who lived in the river basin in the 17th century, and they share that name with Yazoo County. The area attracted a growing euro-American population in the early 19th century, and the new settlers imported thousands of enslaved African Americans to clear the land and ...
Yazoo County represents the culmination of a myriad of cultures, from vanished Native America civilization to Civil War history, African-American contributions and Delta Blues, to stately Victorian architecture and captivating Southern heritage.
Jan 23, 2023 · In spite of a devastating fire in the early 1900s and a catastrophic flood in 1927, Yazoo City is a thriving town in Yazoo County in the Mississippi Delta. One of its memorable features is the colorful block of Main Street.
