De Soto

De Soto is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. As of today, De Soto contains farmland with about three families residing there.

Type: Hamlet
Description: ghost town in Washington County, Nebraska
Also known as: “De Soto, NE” and “De Soto, Nebraska”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station.

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station

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The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is a shut-down nuclear power plant located on 660 acres which is maintained in a natural state. The power plant is owned by the Omaha Public Power District of Omaha, Nebraska. Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2 miles northwest of De Soto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Calhoun and Blair.

Fort Calhoun

Town

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← Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska, United States, located along the Missouri River approximately north of Omaha. The population was 1,108 at the 2020 United States census. Fort Calhoun is situated 3½ miles southeast of De Soto.

Blair

Town

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Blair is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Blair had a population of 7,790. Blair is a part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Statistical Area. Blair is situated 5 miles northwest of De Soto.

De Soto

Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community, and locality
Location: Township 2, Washington, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.49861° or 41° 29′ 55″ north

Longitude

-96.05751° or 96° 3′ 27″ west

Elevation

1,007 feet (307 metres)

Open location code

86H5FWXR+CX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 151345366

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5066770

Wikidata ID

Q5244751

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Irish—“De Soto” goes by many names.

Chinese: “迪索托”
Irish: “De Soto”

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