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 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.

About This De Soto Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of De Soto, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.966848, -88.723936. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

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).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.