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== Namesakes == {{unref|section|date=May 2020}} [[File:DeSoto automobile insignia Harrisonburg VA July 2008.jpg|thumb|100px|[[DeSoto (automobile)|DeSoto]] Deluxe automobile insignia from early 1950s]] Many parks, towns, counties, and institutions have been named after Hernando de Soto, to include: ===Places=== *[[De Soto, Georgia]] *[[De Soto, Illinois]] *[[De Soto, Kansas]] *[[De Soto, Mississippi]] *[[De Soto, Missouri]] *[[De Soto, Nebraska]] *[[De Soto, Wisconsin]] *[[DeSoto, Texas]] *[[DeSoto Caverns]], [[Alabama]] *[[DeSoto County, Florida]] *[[DeSoto County, Mississippi]], and its county seat, [[Hernando, Mississippi|Hernando]] *[[DeSoto Falls (Alabama)|DeSoto Falls]], in DeSoto State Park, Alabama *[[DeSoto Falls (Georgia)|DeSoto Falls]], in [[Lumpkin County, Georgia]] *[[DeSoto Lake]], Georgia *[[De Soto National Forest]], in [[Mississippi]] *[[De Soto National Memorial]], near [[Bradenton, Florida]], marks the possible location of ''Espiritu Santo'', the point of disembarkation for the expedition. *[[DeSoto Parish, Louisiana]] *[[DeSoto Site Historic State Park]], Florida *[[DeSoto State Park]], [[Alabama]] *[[Fort De Soto Park]] in [[Pinellas County, Florida]], named in turn for the 19th-century coastal fortifications at the site *[[Hernando, Mississippi]] *[[Hernando, Florida]] *[[Hernando County, Florida]] ===Other=== [[File:Images from DOI 10.5479 sil.131145.39088002742823 01.jpg|thumb|[[Seth Eastman]]'s map of DeSoto's route from ''Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States'' (published 1850s)]] *[[DeSoto (automobile)|DeSoto automobile line]] developed by the [[Chrysler Corporation]] *[[De Soto Heritage Festival]] *[[DeSoto Central High School]], in [[Southaven, Mississippi]] *[[DeSoto County High School]], in [[Arcadia, Florida]] *DeSoto Hilton Hotel, [[Savannah, Georgia]] *[[De Soto High School (Kansas)|De Soto High School]], in De Soto, Kansas *De Soto High School, in De Soto, Missouri *[[DeSoto High School (Texas)|DeSoto High School]], in DeSoto, Texas *De Soto High School, in De Soto, Wisconsin *[[Hernando de Soto Bridge]], which carries [[Interstate 40]] across the [[Mississippi River]] at [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (opened in 1973) *PS 130, Hernando Desoto, a public school in [[New York City]] *The De Soto School, a private school in [[Helena, Arkansas]] *{{USS|De Soto|1859}}, a Navy steamer that served during the [[American Civil War]] and in the West Indies. *{{USS|De Soto|1860}}, a riverboat that was renamed ''General Lyon'' on 24 October 1862. *{{USS|DeSoto County|LST-1171}} *[[De Soto Avenue]], in Los Angeles, California
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