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DeSoto
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city in Dallas County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States of America
- State
- Texas
- County
- Dallas
- Type
- Council-manager
- City council
- Mayor
- Total
- 21.67 sq mi (56.12 km )
- Land
- 21.63 sq mi (56.03 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km )
- Elevation
- 666 ft (203 m)
- Density
- 2,595.3/sq mi (1,002.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( Central )
- Zip codes
- 75115, 75123
- Area codes
- 214, 469, 945, 972
- Fips code
- 48-20092
- Website
- The City of DeSoto, Texas
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- DeSoto
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Dallas County
- Population
- 56145
- Area
- 56.085954
- Elevation
- 203
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Dallas
- Official website
- www.ci.desoto.tx.us
- Image
- DeSotoTower.png
- Households
- 19041
- Dialing code
- 972
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- Commons category
- DeSoto, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:DeSoto, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from DeSoto, Texas
- postal code
- 75123
- inception
- 1847-01-01
- P8168
- Sagittarius A
- water as percent of area
- 0.1706
- different from
- DeSoto
- per capita income
- 31331
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
DeSoto is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. DeSoto is a suburb of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and Lancaster. As of the 2020 census, DeSoto had a population of 56,145.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DeSoto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.