Yazoo River
The Yazoo River is a river primarily in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It marks the eastern boundary of the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before the American Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Louisiana and Mississippi, United States
- Also known as: “Fiume dei Yasous”, “Fiume del Yasous”, “Riviere des Yasoux”, “Rivière des Yasoux”, “Yahshoo River”, “Yasoo River”, “Yasous River”, “Yazoo”, “Yazoo River Diversion Canal”, “Yazou River”, “Yazous River”, and “Zasu River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lower Mississippi River Museum and Old Warren County Courthouse.
Lower Mississippi River Museum
Museum
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lower Mississippi River Museum is a museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Water Resources Development Act of 1992 authorized the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site. Lower Mississippi River Museum is situated 1½ miles northeast of Yazoo River.
Old Warren County Courthouse
Museum
Photo: David.rorick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Courthouse, Warren County, stands prominently on a hill in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was a symbol of Confederate resistance during the Siege of Vicksburg. Old Warren County Courthouse is situated 1½ miles northeast of Yazoo River.
Mississippi River Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Anthony George, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Vicksburg Bridge, also known as Mississippi River Bridge, is a cantilever bridge carrying one rail line across the Mississippi River between Delta, Louisiana and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vicksburg and Delta.
Vicksburg
Photo: Charles Bell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vicksburg is a city of 22,000 people in Warren County, Mississippi. Vicksburg is a cultural landmark in the American South, and is home to the Southern Cultural Heritage Center, Vicksburg Military Park, and the Lower Mississippi River Museum.
Delta
Village
Delta is a village in Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 232 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Tallulah Micropolitan Statistical Area. Delta is a site on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. Delta is situated 1½ miles west of Yazoo River.
Waltersville
Hamlet
Waltersville is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. Waltersville is situated 3½ miles northeast of Yazoo River.
Yazoo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Warren, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Yazoo River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر يازو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Yazoo”
- Basque: “Yazoo ibaia”
- Bulgarian: “Язу”
- Catalan: “Riu Yazoo”
- Catalan: “Yazoo”
- Cebuano: “Yazoo River”
- Chinese: “亞祖河”
- Czech: “Yazoo”
- Danish: “Yazoo floden”
- Danish: “Yazoo River”
- Danish: “Yazoo-floden”
- Danish: “Yazoo”
- Danish: “Yazoofloden”
- Dutch: “Yazoo River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يازو”
- French: “Rivière des Yasoux”
- French: “rivière Yazoo”
- French: “Yazoo River”
- French: “Yazoo”
- German: “Yazoo River”
- Hebrew: “נהר יאזו”
- Irish: “Yazoo”
- Italian: “Yazoo”
- Japanese: “ヤズー川”
- Korean: “야주강”
- Lithuanian: “Jazu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yazoo”
- Norwegian: “Yazoo”
- Polish: “Yazoo”
- Russian: “Язу”
- Spanish: “río des Yasoux”
- Spanish: “río Yahshoo”
- Spanish: “río Yasoux”
- Spanish: “Rio Yazoo”
- Spanish: “río Yazoo”
- Spanish: “Río Yazoo”
- Spanish: “río Yazous”
- Spanish: “río Zasu”
- Swedish: “Yazoofloden”
- Venetian: “Yazoo”
- Western Frisian: “Yazoo”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Speeds Addition and Jonestown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hammett Helipad and Delta Point.
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