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De Soto Mississippi Map

Explore De Soto, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of De Soto, Mississippi

How to Use This De Soto, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for De Soto, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to De Soto.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	De Soto
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Clarke County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.966848
Longitude	-88.723936
Population	274
Density	28.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	39360
Area Code	601
County Seat	Quitman
School District	Quitman School District

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About De Soto, Mississippi

De Soto is a locality in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 274. The population density is 28.0 people per km². De Soto is located at 31.9668°N, 88.7239°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39360.

De Soto occupies a quiet stretch of land where the humid, heavy air carries the scent of damp pine needles and the slow, rhythmic exhaling of the 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 around De Soto unfolds in modest, sun-bleached undulations, punctuated by the thick, tangled greenery that defines this inland reach of the continent. A single mile away, the Chickasawhay River carves a dark, serpentine path through the loam, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that mimics the pace of life in the fields. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, golden needles, illuminating dust motes that hang suspended in the stillness, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Hog Wallow Ridge anchors the western horizon like a fading memory etched against the sky.

Agriculture and the quiet persistence of timber work provide the pulse for De Soto, grounding the local economy in the tangible yield of the soil and the forest. The legacy of the land is measured in the quiet industry of those who till the surrounding plains, a labor that remains largely unchanged by the clamor of the outside world. Residents often seek the shaded quiet of Clarkco State Park, where the woods offer a sanctuary from the relentless heat of the afternoon sun, or find a moment of stillness near the banks of McCormick Cutoff. De Soto maintains a character defined by this patient endurance, where the passing hours are marked not by the chime of a clock, but by the gradual shifting of shadows across the weathered brick and timber of the local storefronts.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shubuta Red Water Artesian Well (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 168° S
Clarkco State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 014° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 20.1 mi, 165° S
Waynesboro City Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 20.2 mi, 166° S
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 24.8 mi, 182° S · 532k acres
Bonita Lakes Park (Local Park) — 25.0 mi, 013° N
Key Brothers Aviation Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 357° N
Mississippi Children's Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 004° N
MSU Riley Center (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 003° N
Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 003° N
Hallie Ward Interiors ft Queen City Art Gallery (Gallery) — 27.6 mi, 003° N
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 232° SW
Private (State Conservation Area) — 30.4 mi, 208° SW
Confederate Soldier (Monument) — 30.4 mi, 232° SW
Laurel Little Theatre (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 232° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 31.8 mi, 113° SE
Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 32.6 mi, 296° NW · 180k acres
Bladon Springs State Park (State Park) — 34.2 mi, 117° SE
Okatibbee Wma (State Conservation Area) — 34.5 mi, 353° N
Simmons-Wright1884 Cafe (Attraction) — 35.7 mi, 028° NE
Skirmish at Rocky Creek (Monument) — 38.7 mi, 231° SW
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 44.0 mi, 035° NE
Old Saint Stephens Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 49.4 mi, 125° SE
Sarah Gillespie Museum (Museum) — 56.6 mi, 216° SW
Lucille Parker Gallery (Gallery) — 56.6 mi, 216° SW
Lofty Return (Public Artwork) — 56.9 mi, 219° SW
World War I Monument (1924) (Monument) — 58.3 mi, 108° E
Leaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 65.1 mi, 183° S · 993 acres
Black Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 68.7 mi, 195° S · 5,084 acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.5 mi, 170° S · 20k acres

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