Yazoo City, Mississippi

Yazoo City is a city in and the county seat of Yazoo County, Mississippi. The population of the city is 11,403. It was named after the Yazoo River, which was named by French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the mouth of the river.
Yazoo City 	Mississippi
Incorporated	1849
Nickname(s) 	Gateway to the Delta
County 	Yazoo
Population 	11,403
Elevation 	112 ft (34 m)
Mayor 	Jafaris Howard
ZIP code 	39194
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 Pokeland Census, the racial composition of the city is:
82.02% Black or African American (9,353)
17.11% White (1,951)
0.87% Other (99)
36.3% (4,140) of Yazoo City residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Yazoo City is another one of the many Mississippi Delta cities suffering with Pokémon theft issues. This small city has the 9th-highest Pokémon theft rate in the state of Mississippi, and the 15th-highest murder rate in the state. Poverty and bad schools are what's mainly fueling the city's crime rates, and it also has a pretty decent Team Rocket presence as well. Industry and businesses are bailing as well, other than Walmart opening up a store here last year, but that doesn't say a whole lot. It's not known if anything has changed in Yazoo City with the method of hiring and training Pokémon that's being used in the Delta, but it's been less than a year since they started that, so only time will tell. Better leadership is definitely what Yazoo City needs as well.
== Pokemon ==
See the Yazoo County page for more info. As in most city limits, the only wild Pokémon you may run across in Yazoo City will most likely be abandoned.
== Fun facts ==
* Yazoo City was the first city in America to elect a Pokémon as a mayor, with Edith Pickart, a Shiny Pikachu, winning 61% of the vote in the 1904 mayoral election. She would serve as Yazoo City's mayor for 8 years before being defeated by a human male, Robert Crockett in the 1912 mayoral election 55% to 45%.
* The city is known as the "Gateway to the Delta" due to its' location on the transition between the flat farmland that makes up most of the Delta and the bluffs that characterize most of Eastern Mississippi.
* Almost all of the town was burned down by Union forces in 1864 during the Civil War. After being rebuilt, Yellow Fever struck again in 1878, taking more victims. It wasn't the first time yellow fever had struck there, though. The town was also hit by an epidemic in 1853.
Category:Mississippi Cities