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Located in: Primarily Crawford County (see below). A portion of De Soto extends into Vernon County.

Time Zone: De Soto lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)

Telephone Area Codes: 608 & 353<1>

Elevation: 650 feet [198.12 m] above sea level<2>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for De Soto)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<3>	279 (2.79% decrease since 2010)
2010:	287 (21.58% decrease since 2000)
2000:	366

Total Area:<4> 1.34 sq. miles [3.5 km²] - of which 6.77% is water (0.09 sq. miles [0.2 km²])

Housing Units:<5> 176

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<6>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for De Soto:

Lat: 43.420900° (or 43°25'15" N)

Lon: -91.196800° (or -91°11'48" W)

USGS Topo Map: De Soto<7>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for De Soto

GNIS ID: 1583078

FIPS State / Place Code: 55 / 19850

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for De Soto)

About Crawford County

The village of Prairie du Chien is the County Seat for Crawford County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Crawford)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	16,131 (3.02% decrease since 2010)
2010	16,633 (3.54% decrease since 2000)
2000:	17,243

Total Area: 599 sq. miles [1,551.9 km²] - of which 4.76% is water (28.55 sq. miles [73.9 km²])

Housing Units: 8,802

Official Website: https://www.crawfordcountywi.gov/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Crawford

GNIS ID: 1581071

FIPS State / County Code: 55 / 023

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for De Soto)

About Wisconsin

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	5,824,581 (2.42% increase since 2010)
2010:	5,686,986 (6.03% increase since 2000)
2000:	5,363,675

Websites for State of Wisconsin

Official Website: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Tourism: https://www.travelwisconsin.com/

Parks: https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/

Fishing: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Fishing

Hunting: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Hunt

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Wisconsin

GNIS ID: 1779806

FIPS State: 55

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for De Soto)

Footnotes ...

<1>	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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the De Soto area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. 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).
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around De Soto - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of De Soto. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<5>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<6>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of De Soto, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<7>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes De Soto.