Headnote
YAZOO COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Mississippi, with Yazoo river on the northwest, and the Big Black on the southeast. Area, 650 square miles. Seat of justice, Benton. Pop. in 1830, 6,550; in 1840, 10,480; in 1850, 14,118. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Mississippi

Yazoo County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
YAZOO COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Mississippi, with Yazoo river on the northwest, and the Big Black on the southeast. Area, 650 square miles. Seat of justice, Benton. Pop. in 1830, 6,550; in 1840, 10,480; in 1850, 14,118.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 399.
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