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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
DeSoto County is a county located on the northwest border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 161,252, making it the third-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Hernando.
DeSoto County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the second-most populous county in the MSA. The county has lowland areas that were developed in the 19th century for cotton plantations, and hill country in the eastern part of the county.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1836 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1845 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1854 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 7,002
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| 1850 | 19,042
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| 1860 | 23,336
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| 1870 | 32,021
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| 1880 | 22,924
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| 1890 | 24,183
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| 1900 | 24,751
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| 1910 | 23,130
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| 1920 | 24,359
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| 1930 | 25,438
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| 1940 | 26,663
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| 1950 | 24,599
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| 1960 | 23,891
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| 1970 | 35,885
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| 1980 | 53,930
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| 1990 | 67,910
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Research Tips
External links
www.desotoms.com/
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