Editing DeSoto County, Mississippi (section)

==Attractions==
DeSoto County is known for its golf courses. Velvet Cream, known as 'The Dip' by locals, is a landmark restaurant in the county. Operating since 1947, it is the oldest continually running restaurant in the county. In 2010, it was awarded 'Best Ice Cream in Mississippi' by ''USA Today.''<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-08-26-best-ice-cream_N.htm|work=USA Today|title=The USA's best ice cream: Top parlors in 50 states|date=August 29, 2010}}</ref> DeSoto County was also previously known as the home of [[Maywood Beach]], a [[water park]] that closed in 2003 after more than 70 years of operation.

===DeSoto County Museum===
[[File:Log House Hernando MS 04.jpg|thumb|DeSoto County Museum and 18th-century French colonial-style log house]]

A popular attraction is the DeSoto County Museum located in the county seat of Hernando. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10–5. Admission is free but donations are encouraged. Exhibits include displays on Hernando DeSoto, Civil War history, French colonial and American antebellum homes of the county, civil rights, and the history of each of the county's municipalities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.desotomuseum.org/#/|title=DeSoto County Museum - Explore our heritage|last=Bryant|first=Josh|website=www.desotomuseum.org|access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>

An eighteenth-century French colonial log house (see photo to the right) has been preserved from the time of French trading and settlement along the Mississippi. This house is similar in style to several French colonial houses preserved in [[Ste. Genevieve, Missouri]], where many French settled after France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi to Great Britain following its defeat in the [[Seven Years' War]].

===Hernando DeSoto Park===
[[Norfolk, Mississippi#Hernando DeSoto Park|Hernando DeSoto Park]], located on Bass Road {{convert|6|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Walls, Mississippi|Walls]], is a {{convert|41|acre|ha|abbr=on}} park that features a hiking/walking trail, river overlook, picnic area, and boat launch. It is the only location in DeSoto County with public access to the Mississippi River.<ref>{{cite web | title = Hernando DeSoto Park | publisher = DeSoto County Greenways and Parks | url = http://www.desotogreenways.org/hernando-desoto-river-park/ | access-date = September 17, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>