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==Geography==

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Yazoo City is located at {{Coord|32|51|23|N|90|24|27|W|type:city}} (32.856458, -90.407379){{GR|1}}, 40 miles northwest of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] at the junctions of U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 49|49]], [[U.S. Route 49|49E]], and [[U.S. Route 49|49W]], and MS Highways [[Mississippi Highway 3|3]], [[Mississippi Highway 16|16]], and [[Mississippi Highway 149|149]], on the banks of the [[Yazoo River]], near the [[Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge]]. .

[[U.S. Route 49W]] provides a fairly direct link between Yazoo City and [[Belzoni, Mississippi|Belzoni]]. The old highway segment has been renamed [[Mississippi Highway 149]]. MS 149 passes through [[Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge]] and the communities of [[Louise, Mississippi|Louise]] and [[Midnight, Mississippi|Midnight]] before reconnecting with the new US 49W at [[Silver City, Mississippi|Silver City]], seven miles south of Belzoni. The new highway makes the town of [[Carter, Mississippi|Carter]] so near that it might be considered for annexation by Yazoo City in a few years. There are now two bridges across the Yazoo River at Yazoo City.