Do you know of De Soto ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about De Soto. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with De Soto.
Our sources for De Soto (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of De Soto other than they indicate that De Soto would be found somewhere in Delaware County, Indiana.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named De Soto ...
We found ten communities that share the name De Soto.
Within Indiana, the name De Soto is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of De Soto [Yavapai County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of De Soto [Jackson County].
- Kansas
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of De Soto [Johnson County].
- Louisiana
- De Soto Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of De Soto [De Soto Parish].
- Mississippi
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of De Soto [Clarke County].
- Missouri
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of De Soto [Jefferson County].
- Nebraska
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of De Soto [Washington County].
- Wisconsin
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of De Soto [Crawford County].
- Arizona
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for De Soto ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about De Soto:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for De Soto - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station
The FIPS database contains an entry for De Soto.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 18/17866 (Place Name: De Soto (Desoto))
County: Delaware (FIPS State/County: 18/035)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Delaware County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Delaware County.