De Soto commonly refers to
*
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto (; ; 1500 – 21 May, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and '' conquistador'' who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire ...
(c. 1500 – 1542), Spanish explorer
*
DeSoto (automobile), an American automobile brand from 1928 to 1961
De Soto, DeSoto, Desoto, or de Soto may also refer to:
Places in the United States of America
;Populated places
*
De Soto, Georgia
De Soto is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The population was 214 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1889 as the "Town of ...
*
De Soto, Illinois
De Soto is a village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,590 at the 2010 census, down from 1,653 at the 2000 census. It is named for Hernando de Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi River. The current Village Pres ...
*
De Soto, Iowa
*
De Soto, Kansas
*
De Soto, Mississippi
De Soto is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States.
It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 274.
History
De Soto was named after Hernando de Soto.
...
*
De Soto, Missouri
*
De Soto, Nebraska
De Soto is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. It was named in honor of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto
Hernando de Soto (; ; 1500 – 21 May, 1542) was a Spanish explorer an ...
*
De Soto, Wisconsin
*
DeSoto, Indiana
Desoto is an unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
History
DeSoto was plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United ...
*
DeSoto, Texas
;Administrative divisions
*
De Soto Parish, Louisiana
*
DeSoto County, Florida
DeSoto County is a county located at the tropical/humid subtropical line which means the Florida Heartland, central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,976. Its county seat is Arcadia.
DeSoto Co ...
*
DeSoto County, Mississippi
;Parks and geographic features
*
De Soto National Forest in Mississippi
*
DeSoto Falls (Alabama)
*
DeSoto Falls (Georgia)
*
DeSoto Lake, a lake in Georgia
*
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, in Nebraska and Iowa
*
Fort De Soto Park
South-southwest of St. Petersburg, Florida, Fort De Soto Park is a park operated by Pinellas County on five offshore keys, or islands: Madelaine Key, St. Jean Key, St. Christopher Key, Bonne Fortune Key and the main island, Mullet Key. The keys ...
in St. Petersburg, Florida
*
De Soto National Memorial in Bradenton, Florida
*
DeSoto Site Historic State Park in Tallahassee, Florida
People
*
de Soto (surname)
Other uses
*
The DeSoto
The DeSoto is a historic hotel at 15 East Liberty Street on Madison Square in Savannah, Georgia, constructed in 1968. It is within the area of the Savannah Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Novembe ...
, historic hotel in Savannah, Georgia
*
DESOTO patrol DESOTO patrols (DeHaven Special Operations off TsingtaO)
were patrols conducted by U.S. Navy destroyers equipped with a mobile "van" of signals-intelligence equipment used for intelligence collection in hostile waters.
The became the namesake for ...
s, conducted by the U.S. Navy to collect signals intelligence in hostile waters
*
DeSoto Records, a record label
*
USS De Soto County (LST-1171), a post-war Landing Ship Tank of the US Navy
*
De Soto station
De Soto station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. The station is next to Victory Boulevard, which parallels that section of the Orange Line. It is located in the western San Fernando Valley near the meeting of t ...
, Los Angeles
*
De Soto Avenue, Los Angeles
See also
*
Soto (disambiguation) Soto may refer to:
Geography
* Soto (Aller), parish in Asturias, Spain
*Soto (Las Regueras), parish in Asturias, Spain
*Soto, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
*Soto, Russia, a rural locality (a ''selo'') in Megino-Kangalassky District of the Sakha ...
{{disambiguation, geo