THE DE SOTO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage Cuestas setting.
De Soto city has 25.7 square miles of land in Johnson County, Leavenworth County. Its Census reference point is in Osage Cuestas, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
De Soto intersects 2 county geographies: Johnson County, Leavenworth County. A De Soto mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
De Soto by land and water
The Census records 0.32 square miles of water within De Soto, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher than the 0.6% recorded for Kansas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, De Soto city has 69.8% of the land area of nearby Lexington township (36.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.