De Soto, Wisconsin
| De Soto, Wisconsin | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
|
|
 Location in Vernon County and the state of Wisconsin. |
|
| Coordinates: 43°25′37″N 91°11′49″W / 43.42694°N 91.19694°WCoordinates: 43°25′37″N 91°11′49″W / 43.42694°N 91.19694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| Counties | Vernon, Crawford |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.34 sq mi (3.47 km2) |
| • Land | 1.25 sq mi (3.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2) |
| Elevation | 653 ft (199 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 287 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 289 |
| • Density | 229.6/sq mi (88.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 608 |
| FIPS code | 55-19850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1563761 |
De Soto is a village mostly in Crawford County but also in Vernon County in Wisconsin. The population was 287 at the 2010 census. Of this, 179 were in living in Vernon County, and 108 were living in Crawford County. the downtown and business area is in Crawford County.
De Soto was named after Hernando De Soto the explorer who discovered the Mississippi. It was originally settled by Yankee settlers from New England. These were people descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial period. They were part of a migration of Yankee settlers from New England who moved west into the wilds of what was then the wilds of the Northwest Territory in the 1830s. The opening of the Erie Canal made this journey much easier, and the end of the Black Hawk War made the region much safer. These two events saw the already steady trickle of New Englanders turn into a heavy stream of migration. The founding of De Soto, Wisconsin was one small part of that migration.
De Soto is located at 43°25′37″N 91°11′49″W / 43.42694°N 91.19694°W (43.426905, -91.196841).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.34 square miles (3.47 km2), of which, 1.25 square miles (3.24 km2) of it is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water.
...
Wikipedia