De Soto Mississippi Map

About De Soto, Mississippi

De Soto is a locality in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 178. The population density is 11.4 people per km². De Soto is located at 31.9738°N, 88.7134°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39360.

De Soto breathes a quiet, humid air, thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 27.0 miles south of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 181°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south of Quitman. The landscape here is a gentle, rolling tapestry of dense pine forests, their needles forming a soft, yielding carpet underfoot, broken by occasional clearings where sunlight spills like liquid gold onto fields of burgeoning cotton and resilient corn. Creeks, their waters the color of weak tea, meander through the terrain, their banks fringed with a wild, untamed tangle of palmetto and tenacious vines. The horizon is often softened by a haze, a painterly veil that lends a dreamlike quality to the very air, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the sky in hues of lavender and bruised plum. This corner of Clarke County whispers tales of a bygone era, its roots entwined with the agricultural bounty of the land. For generations, cotton was king, its white bolls a familiar sight against the verdant backdrop, and though the economy has diversified, the echoes of that cotton-rich past still resonate, influencing the unhurried pace of life. Small farms, some passed down through families, still dot the landscape, their weathered barns standing as silent sentinels to seasons of toil and harvest. The local economy, while modest, is sustained by a blend of agriculture, timber, and a quiet industriousness that has seen De Soto endure. There are no grand monuments or bustling avenues, but rather a profound sense of place, a quiet dignity born from generations who have known and understood this particular stretch of Southern soil.

About This De Soto Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of De Soto, Mississippi — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 31.973763, -88.713376. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on De Soto and Clarke County.

Detailed location data for De Soto includes the ZIP code (39360), telephone area code (601), county seat of Clarke County (Quitman), and school district assignment (Quitman School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct De Soto is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.