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DeSoto County is a county - located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 185,314, [1] making it the third-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Hernando. [2] DeSoto County is part of the Memphis metropolitan area. It is the second-most populous county in that ...
J. H. Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented DeSoto County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1872–1875. [1] [2] He was an abolitionist from Ohio who assisted people in their escape from slavery. He served as a trustee of a normal school in Holly Springs, Mississippi. [3] He studied at Oberlin ...
DeSoto County is the name of two counties and one parish in the United States of America: DeSoto County, Florida; DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; DeSoto County, Mississippi ...
The Memphis and Hernando Plank Road was a toll road between Memphis, Tennessee, and Hernando, Mississippi, in the United States. The plank road was built and opened in approximately 1852. [1] The road was originally known as the Panola and DeSoto Plank Road. [2] The distance covered was 22 miles (35 km). [3]
Hernando is the county seat of DeSoto County, on the northwestern border of Mississippi, United States. [5] The population was 17,138 according to the 2020 census records. [ 6 ] It is located on the south side of the Memphis, Tennessee metro area .
William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), 25th Governor of Mississippi and Mississippi Supreme Court justice 3,336: 435.3 sq mi (1,127 km 2) Simpson County: 127: Mendenhall: SI: 1824: Formed from Copiah County: Josiah Simpson, Mississippi Territory judge and delegate to the 1817 Mississippi Constitutional Convention [26] 25,715: 590.5 sq mi (1,529 km 2 ...
Company A - Horn Lake Volunteers [formerly Co. E, 9th MS Infantry] (DeSoto County) Company B - Natchez Southrons [also listed as Co. C] (Adams County) Company C - Ben Bullard Rifles [also listed as Co. D] (Itawamba County) Company D - Mississippi Rifles [also listed as Co. G] (Hinds County) Company E - Lowndes Southrons (Lowndes County)
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