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DeSoto County, Florida

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—newspaper titles

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5historic places

—earliest paper

1887formed

33,976pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1984. Most listings are in or near Arcadia.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse DeSoto titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Arcadia Historic District	Arcadia	District	1984
Johnson-Smith House	Arcadia	Building	2013
Pine Level Acheological District (8DE14)	Arcadia	Site	2014
Ralls, William Oswell, House	Arcadia	Building	2011
Singleton, Micajah T., House	Arcadia	Building	2013

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

De Soto was formed in 1887 (1887-05-19) from Manatee.

DE SOTO created from MANATEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

DeSoto County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,944	8,047	25,434	7,792	9,242	11,683	19,039	32,209	33,976

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

8 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Fort Ogden Cemetery	27.08116	-81.96536
Hull Cemetery	27.11534	-81.94971
Joshua Creek Cemetery	27.18282	-81.80258
Lamp Grounds Cemetery	27.25782	-81.88869
Oak Ridge Cemetery	27.22671	-81.86925
Ogden Cemetery	27.08699	-81.95619
Owens Cemetery	27.18319	-81.92381
Pine Level Campground Cemetery	27.26504	-81.99842

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Belgium	27.23755	-81.89092

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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