Editing De Soto, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Aquatic Center Slide.jpg|thumb|De Soto Aquatic Center (2022)]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|29.00|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|28.67|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.33|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.15%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2017850|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): De Soto city, Kansas|work=American Factfinder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213094452/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2017850|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>  While the majority of De Soto is located in northwestern Johnson County at {{coord|38|58|45|N|94|58|7|W|type:city}} (38.9791709, -94.9685783), the golf course north of the Kansas River is located in southern Leavenworth County.<ref name="GNIS"/>  De Soto mainly lies south of the Kansas River, the only city in Johnson County originally platted around the river. Four of the river's tributaries, Captain Creek, Kill Creek, Cedar Creek, Camp Creek end within the city limits.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.desotoks.us/assets/zoning-map-05.30.13.pdf| title=City of De Soto Official Zoning Map| date=May 30, 2013| publisher=City of De Soto| access-date=May 22, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922021750/http://www.desotoks.us/assets/zoning-map-05.30.13.pdf| archive-date=September 22, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Considered by many locals to be an [[exurb]], rather than a [[suburb]], De Soto is part of the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]], and it borders other communities on the eastern edges. These include [[Shawnee, Kansas|Shawnee]] to the northeast, [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]] to the east, and [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] to the southeast.

De Soto currently has annexation agreements with Olathe and [[Gardner, Kansas|Gardner]], guaranteeing De Soto will be able to annex as far south as 127th Street and as far east as meeting Olathe at its western boundary.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> However, a 2022 Kansas Supreme Court ruling on a disagreement between Spring Hill and Olathe nullified most boundary agreements between Johnson County cities.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=City of Olathe v. City of Spring Hill, 124,156 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/city-of-olathe-v-city-of-spring-hill |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=casetext.com}}</ref> Subsequently, in October 2022, De Soto initiated annexation of 2,800 acres south of the formerly agreed southernmost boundary with Gardner, at the behest of Sunflower Redevelopment Group, which the city argued took precedence since it was a voluntary annexation request.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-03 |title=Developer hopes to annex 2,800 acres on former Sunflower plant site |url=https://fox4kc.com/business/developer-hopes-to-annex-2800-acres-on-former-sunflower-plant-site/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV {{!}} News, Weather, Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>