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Welcome to De Soto (aka 'DeSoto') ...

So far, we found very little information about De Soto. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added De Soto to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with De Soto, please Contact Us.

De Soto would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

De Soto was established in 1855.

While the community is gone, the present day location for De Soto is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where De Soto was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where De Soto was located: 402 & 531<4>

The community of De Soto has also been called DeSoto.

Communities Also Named De Soto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named De Soto - they are located in Arizona, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for De Soto.

Communities near De Soto ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near De Soto.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around De Soto. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for De Soto.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of De Soto. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around De Soto.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around De Soto. See our Newspapers Page for De Soto.

Adding De Soto to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of De Soto in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for De Soto was on a map titled Map of Nebraska (from Rand McNally, 1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for De Soto.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about De Soto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around De Soto - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the De Soto area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the De Soto area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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