This was an important action during the long Vicksburg campaign of a siege and battle to take the port town of Vicksburg and fortress on the Mississippi River by Federal Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and split the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

On February 13, 1948, a tornado, with an estimated intensity of F3 on the Fujita scale, impacted the town, killing five people and destroying 30 homes.

Potterchitto Creek flows past the west and north sides of the city.

As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 3,195 people, 1,305 households, and 877 families residing in the city.

29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.