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Satartia is a village in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 41, Mississippi’s smallest incorporated municipality by population.

Located on the east bank of the Yazoo River, Satartia was once a thriving river port, and is one of the oldest non-Native settlements in Yazoo County.

Satartia village overview:
Name:	Satartia village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Mississippi
County:	Yazoo County
Elevation:	108 ft (33 m)
Total Area:	0.14 sq mi (0.37 km²)
Land Area:	0.14 sq mi (0.37 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	41
Population Density:	284.72/sq mi (109.91/km²)
ZIP code:	39162
Area code:	662
FIPS code:	2865680
GNISfeature ID:	0690988

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History

Satartia is a Choctaw word meaning “pumpkin place”, likely due to the small gourds that grow in the area. In the early 1800s, Satartia was a busy shipping point from which cotton was transported by steamboat to New Orleans along the Yazoo River.

During the Civil War, General Grant sailed a gunboat from Vicksburg and captured the village; the Wilson House on Plum Street was used as his headquarters during the occupation. The war also produced the “Satartia Rifles”, a well-regarded Confederate regiment and recruitment group.

Late on February 22, 2020, a 24-inch pressurized pipeline owned by Denbury Resources and carrying liquid carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide ruptured less than half a mile from Satartia. More than 300 people were evacuated and 46 hospitalized with carbon dioxide poisoning.