DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

==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)