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DeSoto County
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county in Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- May 19, 1887
- Named after
- Hernando de Soto
- Seat
- Arcadia
- Largest city
- Arcadia
- Total
- 639 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Land
- 637 sq mi (1,650 km )
- Water
- 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,078
- Density
- 53.3/sq mi (20.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 18th
- Website
- www .desotobocc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Hernando de Soto
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Contains
- Arcadia
- Capital
- Arcadia
- Population
- 33976
- Area
- 1656
- Shares border with
- Manatee County
- Official website
- www.desotobocc.com
- Image
- Arcadia Hist Dist crths06.jpg
- Households
- 12421
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- Commons category
- DeSoto County, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:DeSoto County, Florida
- different from
- DeSoto County
- inception
- 1887-05-19
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- DeSoto County
- per capita income
- 18193
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Encyclopedic overview
DeSoto County Courthouse
DeSoto County is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,976. Its county seat is Arcadia. DeSoto County comprises the Arcadia, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the North Port-Bradenton, Florida Combined Statistical Area.
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