De Soto commonly refers to

  • Hernando de Soto (c. 1500 – 1542), Spanish explorer
  • DeSoto (automobile), an American automobile brand from 1928 to 1961

De Soto, DeSoto, Desoto, or de Soto may also refer to:

Places in the United States of America

;Populated places

  • De Soto, Georgia
  • De Soto, Illinois
  • De Soto, Iowa
  • De Soto, Kansas
  • De Soto, Mississippi
  • De Soto, Missouri
  • De Soto, Nebraska
  • De Soto, Wisconsin
  • DeSoto, Indiana
  • DeSoto, Texas, the most populous De Soto in the US

;Administrative divisions

  • De Soto Parish, Louisiana
  • DeSoto County, Florida
  • DeSoto County, Mississippi

;Parks and geographic features

  • De Soto National Forest in Mississippi
  • DeSoto Falls (Alabama)
  • DeSoto Falls (Georgia)
  • DeSoto Lake, a lake in Georgia
  • DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, in Nebraska and Iowa
  • Fort De Soto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida
  • De Soto National Memorial in Bradenton, Florida
  • DeSoto Site Historic State Park in Tallahassee, Florida

People

  • de Soto (surname)

Other uses

  • The DeSoto, historic hotel in Savannah, Georgia
  • DESOTO patrols, conducted by the U.S. Navy to collect signals intelligence in hostile waters
  • DeSoto Records, a record label
  • USS De Soto County (LST-1171), a post-war Landing Ship Tank of the US Navy
  • De Soto station, Los Angeles
  • De Soto Avenue, Los Angeles

See also

  • Soto (disambiguation)