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DeSoto County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
13historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
185,314pop. 2020
45cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 13 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Hernando, Olive Branch, Horn Lake.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 13 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

13 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Circle G RanchHorn LakeDistrict2019
Dockery HouseHernandoBuilding2004
Hernando Commerce Street Historic DistrictHernandoDistrict2001
Hernando Courthouse Square DistrictHernandoDistrict1998
Hernando North Side Historic DistrictHernandoDistrict2001
Hernando South Side (Magnolia) Historic DistrictHernandoDistrict2001
Hernando Water TowerHernandoStructure2013
Holiday Inn UniversityOlive BranchBuilding2021
Labauve, Felix, HouseHernandoBuilding1978
Miller Plantation HouseOlive BranchBuilding1982
North Elm Historic DistrictHernandoDistrict2012
Robertson-Yates HouseHernandoBuilding2003
Springhill CemeteryHernandoSite2012

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 1836 (1836-03-01) from Monroe, Washington.

DE SOTO created from MONROE and WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

DeSoto County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

185k96k7,0021840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,00223,33622,92424,75124,35926,66324,59923,89153,930107,199185,314

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

45 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 45 of 45 listed
NameLatLon
Avery Chapel Cemetery34.9328-89.97582
Bakers Chapel Cemetery34.83209-89.91129
Bass Cemetery34.93981-89.84786
Bethel Cemetery34.91475-89.79529
Bethlehem Cemetery34.87426-89.98981
Blocker Cemetery34.95508-89.82258
Botts Cemetery34.93954-89.77865
Castleberry Cemetery34.98703-89.77425
Center Hill Baptist Church Cemetery34.98898-89.74397
Center Point Cemetery34.84037-89.8648
Clemonts Cemetery34.95814-89.84147
Cowan Cemetery34.97338-89.80512
Cox Cemetery34.90398-89.79797
Drain Family Cemetery34.8212-89.81591
Enon Springs Cemetery34.84731-89.9112
Fairview Cemetery34.87538-89.75658
Farley Cemetery34.78426-89.97231
Fountain Head Cemetery34.83704-89.76786
Haliburton Cemetery34.97661-89.7327
Ingram Cemetery34.79398-89.74702
Jaybird Cemetery34.78704-89.93564
Jeremiah Cemetery34.96178-89.90069
Kelly Cemetery34.81592-89.76897
Kelsey Cemetery34.89346-89.83981
Knights Cemetery34.81723-89.93717
Love Cemetery34.76005-89.96968
Macedonia Cemetery34.82787-89.72508
McGehee Cemetery34.96453-89.72758
Mills Family Cemetery34.8137-89.78008
Mount Austin Cemetery34.78741-89.80596
Mount Olive Cemetery34.88898-89.93738
Nesbit Cemetery34.89752-89.99798
New Bethany Cemetery34.85301-89.95418
New Bethany Cemetery34.8537-89.95425
New Bethlehem Church Cemetery34.93314-90.05898
New Hope Cemetery34.9331-89.96569
Old Love Cemetery34.74565-89.97647
Perry Cemetery34.73343-89.98842
Phoenix Cemetery34.97764-89.97247
Saint Thomas Cemetery34.96354-89.90172
Shiloh Cemetery34.9202-89.91946
Spring Hill Cemetery34.81648-90.00203
Whites Chapel Cemetery34.84148-89.7773
Wiggins Cemetery34.8887-89.83786
Winbourn Cemetery34.83648-89.77341

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Memphis2,16027.6 kmTN031
Collierville2,11833.0 kmTN022

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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