2018 Map of Yazoo City

About this map

Yazoo City serves as the focal point of this Mississippi Delta survey, showing the intricate relationship between the settlement and the shifting waters of the Yazoo River. The landscape is defined by massive civil engineering efforts to control the river's path, most notably the Yazoo City Cut-Off 1940 and the Jonestown Cut-Off. These man-made alterations sit alongside older natural features like Tokeba Bayou. To the south and east, the delta flatlands give way to rising elevations along Stewarts Ridge Rd, where smaller communities like Crupp and Valley are established. Genealogists can locate the Short Creek Cem tucked into the hills, while the local infrastructure is modernizing with the presence of the Haley Barbour Pkwy cutting through the industrial zones of Jonestown.