De Soto is a city in Lee County, Georgia, home to about 99 people across 0.8 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 31743.
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| Nearest major airport | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)119 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY)30 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Atlanta, GA127 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Houston, TX690 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of De Soto; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
De Soto had 124 residents in the 2020 census, down 42% since 2000.
It’s the 641st largest of 669 towns in Georgia by population.
Lee County grew from 10,344 residents in 1900 to 33,163 in 2020.
Lee County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 92°F in summer, and winter lows average 37°F. About 48.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Crisp Co Pwr Dam, GA weather station (9 miles away).
4,476 jobs at 440 businesses in Lee County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in De Soto.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Museums
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Leslie.
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