page_title: De Soto, Kansas
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: De Soto, Kansas / Geography
context_page_description: De Soto is a city in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,720, and in 2018 the estimated population was 6,443. De Soto was incorporated as a city on October 1, 1897.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.20 square miles (29.00 km²), of which 11.07 square miles (28.67 km²) are land and 0.13 square miles (0.33 km²), or 1.15%, are water.  While the majority of De Soto is located in northwestern Johnson County at 38°58′45″N 94°58′7″W (38.9791709, -94.9685783), the golf course north of the Kansas River is located in southern Leavenworth County.  The city also has two non-contiguous plots of land, one at Evening Star Road and 135th Street at roughly 0.08 square miles and the other near Linwood, at 0.04 square miles. Both are city-owned parks.  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.
  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 to the northeast, Lenexa to the east, and Olathe to the southeast.
  De Soto currently has annexation agreements with Olathe and Gardner, guaranteeing De Soto will be able to annex as far south as 143rd Street and as far east as meeting Olathe at its western boundary, or more than quadrupling the city's current size.
caption: Marker of De Soto's pre-1983 eastern boundary (2017)
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