Editing De Soto, Kansas (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant.jpg|thumb|right|Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, located in De Soto (2005)]]

===Road===
De Soto is served by several highways:

* {{jct|state=KS|K|10}} runs through most portions of southern De Soto. Four exits have a direct connection to De Soto.
** Exit – Evening Star Road
** Exit – Edgerton Road
**Exit – Lexington Avenue, formerly {{jct|state=KS|K|285}} (Decommissioned in 1999)
** Exit – Kill Creek Road
* {{jct|state=KS|K|32}} runs about {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} north of De Soto. Two junctions have a direct connection to De Soto.
** Junction – 189th Street {{jct|state=KS|CR|26}}(Leavenworth County)
** Junction – 158th Street {{jct|state=KS|CR|2}}(Leavenworth County)
*{{jct|state=KS|US|24}}/{{jct|state=KS|US|40}} run concurrently about {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} north of De Soto, in Leavenworth County. {{jct|state=KS|CR|2}} provides a connection to De Soto.
* {{jct|state=KS|CR|2}}(Leavenworth County), [[Highway 2 Bridge|crosses the Kansas River]], providing Johnson County's only connection to Leavenworth County.
*{{jct|state=KS|CR|3}}(Leavenworth County)
*{{jct|state=KS|CR|26}}(Leavenworth County)
*{{jct|state=KS|CR|32}}(Leavenworth County)
*West 103rd Street / Lexington Avenue / West 83rd Street runs through De Soto. West 103rd Street enters De Soto as a rural arterial from Douglas County, runs adjacent to the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, and curves to run diagonally through the city as a minor arterial, signed as Lexington Avenue. Once exiting the main portion of De Soto, Lexington Avenue curves to run east–west again and is signed thereafter as West 83rd Street, providing a direct connection to [[Shawnee, Kansas|Shawnee]], [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]], [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]], and [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]. Originally designated as {{jct|state=KS|K|10}} from 1926 to 1976, and as {{jct|state=KS|K|285}} from 1976 to 1999.

===Rail===
De Soto was settled in 1828 as a city along the Kansas River. Several years later, in 1857, the [[ATSF|Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railway]] constructed track through northern portions of town, parallel to the river. De Soto's train depot was constructed along a siding around 1860.<ref name="marc.org">{{Cite report |chapter=Topeka – Lawrence – Kansas City (Corridor H) |chapter-url=http://www.marc.org/Transportation/Plans-Studies/Transportation-Plans-and-Studies/Special-studies-and-projects/special-studies-pdfs/commuterrail_2002/Assessment5.aspx |title=Detailed Assessment of Feasible Corridors |pages=73–76 |access-date=2018-01-18 |archive-date=2017-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721192309/http://www.marc.org/Transportation/Plans-Studies/Transportation-Plans-and-Studies/Special-studies-and-projects/special-studies-pdfs/commuterrail_2002/Assessment5.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1900, a [[railyard]] was constructed east of town to allow the switching of freight cars from [[Topeka]] to [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]]. The yard consisted of seven rails along the main line and siding. Portions of the yard are still in use today to store unused freight cars.<ref name="marc.org"/> However, only three lines remain, as the others were removed to save on maintenance.<ref name="marc.org"/>

In 1942, during the construction of the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, the U.S. army constructed a spur through De Soto to connect the plant to a main rail line. To this day the spur is used for the industrial district shipments.<ref name="marc.org"/>