De Soto, Missouri

==Transportation==

De Soto's main train station on the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] was constructed in 1919 and demolished in 1982.<ref name="Leader-Train">{{cite news |last=Inserra |first=Teresa |date=August 22, 2023 |title=Amtrak agrees to add passenger rail stop in De Soto |url=https://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/amtrak-agrees-to-put-stop-in-de-soto/article_a20d6f32-4114-11ee-b756-c7e88838b57d.html |work=Jefferson County Leader |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref> It had passenger service until April 30, 1971;<ref>{{cite news |date=August 23, 2023 |title=Amtrak to add Texas Eagle stop in De Soto, Mo. |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/amtrak-to-add-texas-eagle-stop-in-de-soto-mo/ |work=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref> for several decades afterward, [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Texas Eagle]]'' passed through De Soto without stopping. Amtrak announced in 2023 that it would add a De Soto stop to the ''Texas Eagle'', pending agreements with [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] and construction of a platform, after the city government had campaigned for its inclusion.<ref name="Leader-Train"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Schlinkmann |first=Mark |date=August 24, 2023 |title=De Soto clears hurdle in quest for Amtrak stop |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/de-soto-clears-hurdle-in-quest-for-amtrak-stop/article_459169d2-4201-11ee-8ef3-23093a96c2fd.html |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref>