Hernando is the county seat of DeSoto County, on the northwestern border of Mississippi, United States. The population was 17,138 according to the 2020 census records. DeSoto County is the second-most-populous county in the Memphis metropolitan area, which includes counties in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando
French colonial log house
Court Square
Image: Tank at Memorial at VFW Post Hernando MS 03
DeSoto County, Mississippi
DeSoto County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 185,314, making it the third-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Hernando.
DeSoto County Courthouse
DeSoto County Co-op in Hernando, a sharecroppers' union, 1954
DeSoto County Museum and 18th-century French colonial-style log house