DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

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'''DeSoto Parish''' ({{lang-es|Parroquia de DeSoto|link=}}; [[French language|French]]: ''Paroisse DeSoto'') is a [[List of parishes in Louisiana|parish]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. The parish was formed in 1843.<ref>{{cite web|title=DeSoto Parish|url=http://www.sfasu.edu/heritagecenter/3673.asp|website=www.sfasu.edu|publisher=Center for Regional Heritage Research|access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> At the [[2020 United States Census|2020 U.S. census]], the population was 26,812.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=QuickFacts: DeSoto Parish, Louisiana|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/desotoparishlouisiana/POP010220|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> Its [[parish seat]] is [[Mansfield, Louisiana|Mansfield]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> DeSoto Parish is part of the [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]]–[[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]] [[Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
It is a typical misconception that the parish was named after [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]], the [[Spaniard]] who explored the future southeastern [[United States]] and discovered and named the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n104 105]}}</ref> The parish was in fact named after the unrelated Marcel DeSoto, who led the first group of European settlers there, to a settlement historically known as Bayou Pierre.<ref>Means, Emilia Gay Griffith, and Liz Chrysler. ''DeSoto Parish.'' Arcadia Publishing, 2011, p. 8.</ref> The parish's name is also commonly misspelled following the explorer's name as "De Soto Parish," but it is properly spelled following the settler's name as "DeSoto Parish."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.desotoparishclerk.org/|title=DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court – Honorable Jeremy M. Evans|website=www.desotoparishclerk.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727170616/https://desotoparishclerk.org/|archive-date=2019-07-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|895|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|876|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|19|sqmi}} (2.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 27, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-49.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 49]]
* [[Image:I-69 (Future).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 69|Future Interstate 69]]
* [[Image:US 84.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 84]]
* [[Image:US 171.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 171]]
* [[Image:US 371.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 371]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 5 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 5]]

===Adjacent parishes===
* [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo Parish]] (north)
* [[Red River Parish, Louisiana|Red River Parish]] (east)
* [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] (southeast)
* [[Sabine Parish, Louisiana|Sabine Parish]] (south)
* [[Shelby County, Texas|Shelby County]], [[Texas]] (southwest)
* [[Panola County, Texas|Panola County]], [[Texas]] (west)

===National protected area===
* [[Red River National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of De Soto Parish Louisiana With Municipal Labels.PNG|thumb|250px|Map of DeSoto Parish, with municipal labels]]

=== City ===
* [[Mansfield, Louisiana|Mansfield]] (parish seat and largest municipality)

===Towns===
* [[Keachi, Louisiana|Keachi]]
* [[Logansport, Louisiana|Logansport]]
* [[Stonewall, Louisiana|Stonewall]]

===Villages===
* [[Grand Cane, Louisiana|Grand Cane]]
* [[Longstreet, Louisiana|Longstreet]]
* [[South Mansfield, Louisiana|South Mansfield]]
* [[Stanley, Louisiana|Stanley]]

=== Unincorporated areas ===

==== Census-designated places ====
* [[Frierson, Louisiana|Frierson]]
* [[Gloster, Louisiana|Gloster]]

==== Unincorporated communities ====
* [[Carmel, Louisiana|Carmel]]
* [[Hunter, Louisiana|Hunter]]
* [[Kingston, Louisiana|Kingston]]
* [[Naborton, Louisiana|Naborton]]
* [[Pelican, Louisiana|Pelican]]

=== Former communities ===
* [[Oxford, Louisiana|Oxford]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 8023
|1860= 13298
|1870= 14962
|1880= 15603
|1890= 19860
|1900= 25063
|1910= 27689
|1920= 29376
|1930= 31016
|1940= 31803
|1950= 24398
|1960= 24248
|1970= 22764
|1980= 25727
|1990= 25346
|2000= 25494
|2010= 26656
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 27, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 27, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 27, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=2010-03-27 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 27, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22031.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 9, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606152639/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22031.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref>
|2020=26812
|estyear= 2021
|estimate= 26919
|estref=<ref name=":0"/>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+DeSoto Parish racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22031&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 15,122
| 56.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 9,586
| 35.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 242
| 0.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 99
| 0.37%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 12
| 0.05%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 1,001
| 3.73%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 762
| 2.84%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 26,812 people, 10,821 households, and 7,254 families residing in the parish. At the 2019 [[American Community Survey]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Geography Profile: DeSoto Parish, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US22031|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=data.census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819155728/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US22031 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 }}</ref> there were 10,821 households.

In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup of the parish was 58.8% [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|non-Hispanic or Latino white]], 35.3% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.9% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 0.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], <0.0% [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] and other [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 0.1% some other race, 1.9% [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]], and 2.9% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latin American]] of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Demographic and Housing Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22031&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=data.census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819155727/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22031&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true |archive-date=August 19, 2021 }}</ref>

There were 10,821 households at the 2019 census estimates, and the home-ownership rate was 71.3%. Of the 7,716 owner-occupied units, 3,917 were married couples living together, 365 male households with no female present, and 896 female households with no male present. There was a 17.1% vacancy rate in the parish. The average family size was 3.07,<ref name=":1" /> and the average household size was 2.50.<ref name=":0" />

In the parish, 75.5% were aged 18 and older, and 17.2% were aged 65 and older; the median age was 39.3, and 6.5% were aged 5 and under. Approximately 0.8% of the population were foreign-born, and 2.1% spoke a language other than [[English language|English]] at home.

The median income for a household in the parish was $46,006; families had a median income of $56,323, married couples had a median income of $78,090, and non-family households had a median income of $25,314. An estimated 22% of the parish lived at or below the poverty line, and 30.6% of people aged under 18 were at or below the poverty line.

== Education ==
Public schools in DeSoto Parish are operated by the [[DeSoto Parish School Board]]. It is in the service area of [[Bossier Parish Community College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|title=Our Colleges|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]|accessdate=2021-06-03}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Larry Bagley]] (born 1949), incoming Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo, Desoto, and Sabine parishes
* [[Terry Bradshaw]] (born 1948), Hall of Fame professional football player, sportscaster, singer, and actor
* [[Richard Burford]] (born 1946), current Louisiana state representative
* [[Vida Blue]] (born 1949–2023), professional baseball player
* [[C.L. Bryant]] (born 1956), Baptist minister and radio talk show host
* [[Riemer Calhoun]] (1909–1994), state senator from 1944 to 1952 for DeSoto and Caddo parishes
* [[Joe T. Cawthorn]] (1911–1967), state senator from 1940 to 1944 for DeSoto and Caddo parishes
* [[Sherri Smith Cheek|Sherri Smith Cheek Buffington]] (born 1966), [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senator]]
* [[Joe Henry Cooper]] (1920–1980), Louisiana state representative
* [[Kenny Ray Cox]] (born 1957), Louisiana state representative and former United States Army officer
* [[Milton Joseph Cunningham]] (1842–1916), [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] and [[New Orleans]] lawyer, state senator from Natchitoches and DeSoto parishes from 1880 to 1884; state attorney general for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900, born in what became DeSoto Parish
* [[George Dement]] (1922–2014), mayor of Bossier City
* [[Joseph Barton Elam]] (1821–1885), United States Representative from [[Louisiana's 4th congressional district]]
* [[William Pike Hall, Sr.]] (1896–1945), [[Louisiana State Senate|state senator]] for [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo]] and DeSoto parishes, 1924–1932, Shreveport attorney<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57373642|title=Funeral for Pike Hall at 11 A.M. Today – Prominent Attorney, Civic Leader Succumbs After Brief Illness|newspaper=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Shreveport Times]]|date=December 17, 1945|pages=1, 6|access-date=March 26, 2015}}</ref>
* [[John Spencer Hardy]] (1913–2012), United States Air Force lieutenant general
* [[Albert Lewis (American football)|Albert Lewis]] (1960-), professional football player
* Curtis W. McCoy, [[mayor]] of Mansfield
* [[Garnie W. McGinty]] (1900–1984), historian at [[Louisiana Tech University]] and school principal
* [[M.C. Reynolds|Mack Charles Reynolds]] (1935–1991), professional football player
* [[B. H. "Johnny" Rogers]] (1905–1977), politician
* [[C. O. Simpkins, Sr.]] (1925–2019 from Mansfield), African-American state representative, dentist, and civil rights activist in Shreveport<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosimpkins.com/Biography/|title=C. O. Simpkins, Sr.: Civil Rights Champion|publisher=cosimpkins.com|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref>
* [[O.C. Smith]] (1932–2001), singer

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=DeSoto Parish, Louisiana|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-03-07}}</ref>}}

{{PresRow|2020|Republican|9,112|5,457|167|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|8,068|5,165|267|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|7,353|5,553|145|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|6,883|5,242|132|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,211|5,026|99|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|5,260|5,036|300|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,526|6,221|773|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|3,643|5,671|1,707|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|5,022|5,366|128|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,989|4,642|108|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|4,349|5,861|117|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,601|4,630|117|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,017|2,596|540|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|974|3,400|4,190|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,954|1,254|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1960|Dixiecrat|1,603|1,183|1,653|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,011|1,206|554|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,303|1,678|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|270|617|1,891|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|538|1,858|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|211|2,872|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|93|2,337|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|87|2,416|2|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|517|1,445|2|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|118|1,146|11|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|56|1,219|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|17|1,104|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|11|815|93|Louisiana}}

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana]]
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* De Vries, Mark Leon, “Between Equal Justice and Racial Terror: Freedpeople and the District Court of DeSoto Parish during Reconstruction,” ''Louisiana History,'' 56 (Summer 2015), 261–93.
* [https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo71487 Water Resources of De Soto Parish, Louisiana] [[United States Geological Survey]]

==External links==
* {{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=De Soto|display=De Soto, II. A N. W. parish of Louisiana |short=x}}

{{Geographic Location
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|North = [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo Parish]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Red River Parish, Louisiana|Red River Parish]]
|Southeast = [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]]
|South = [[Sabine Parish, Louisiana|Sabine Parish]]
|Southwest = [[Shelby County, Texas]]
|West = [[Panola County, Texas]]
|Northwest =
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[[Category:DeSoto Parish, Louisiana| ]]
[[Category:Louisiana parishes]]
[[Category:Parishes in Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area]]
[[Category:1843 establishments in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1843]]

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DeSoto Parish, Louisiana