Do you know of Desoto ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Desoto. 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 Desoto.

Our sources for Desoto (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Desoto other than they indicate that Desoto would be found somewhere in Brown County, Ohio.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1897 and closed  in 1907.

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 Desoto ...

We found three communities that share the name Desoto.

Within Ohio, the name Desoto is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Indiana
    • Delaware County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Desoto [Delaware County].
  • Iowa
    • Dallas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Desoto [Dallas County].
  • Texas
    • Dallas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Desoto [Dallas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Desoto ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Desoto:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Brown 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 Brown County.