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DeSoto Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, DeSoto Parish is referenced by 532 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, county seat and United States.
The entry is geolocated on the map in LA.
It sits within the topics 1843 establishments in Louisiana, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana and Louisiana parishes.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Region
- North Louisiana
- Named after
- settler, Marcel DeSoto
- Parish seat
- Mansfield
- Largest municipality
- Stonewall (area), Mansfield (population)
- Total
- 895 sq mi (2,320 km )
- Land
- 876 sq mi (2,270 km )
- Water
- 19 sq mi (49 km )
- Percentage
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 27,381
- Density
- 30.6/sq mi (11.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- DeSoto Parish Government
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Hernando de Soto
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Mansfield
- Capital
- Mansfield
- Population
- 26812
- Area
- 2317
- Shares border with
- Panola County
- Official website
- www.desotoppj.com
- Image
- DeSoto Parish Courthouse in Mansfield, LA IMG 2421.JPG
- Households
- 10951
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- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- Commons category
- DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
- native label
- DeSoto Parish
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- per capita income
- 25926
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Encyclopedic overview
DeSoto Parish (Spanish: Parroquia de DeSoto; French: Paroisse DeSoto) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1843. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 26,812. Its parish seat and most populous municipality is Mansfield. DeSoto Parish is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DeSoto Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.