The Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ), the 42nd largest in the United States, has a 2010 population of 1, 316, 100 and includes the Tennessee counties of Shelby, Tipton, and Fayette, as well as the Mississippi counties of DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, and Tunica, and Crittenden County, Arkansas.

Novelist John Grisham grew up in nearby DeSoto County, Mississippi, and many of his books are set in Memphis.

Segments of this highway are complete in DeSoto County, just south of Memphis.

The Mississippi RiverKings, formerly the Memphis RiverKings, is a professional hockey team of the Central Hockey League " Class AA " which plays its home games in DeSoto County.

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DeSoto County is a county located in the U. S. state of Florida.

DeSoto County was created in 1887.

DeSoto County originally included several other present-day counties until 1921, when the Florida legislature created the following new counties: Charlotte, Glades, Hardee, and Highlands.

During World War II, DeSoto County operated the Carlstrom Field Air Base, which provided training for both American and British pilots.

On August 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley passed directly through DeSoto County.

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Around 1840, Fort DeSoto was established in present-day Hernando County in the northeast edge of present-day Brooksville to protect settlers in the area from Native Americans.

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Primarily serves Sarasota County for news, but also serves Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties.

Talladega County is home to parts of Mt. Cheaha State Park, DeSoto Caverns, and the Talladega Superspeedway.

* DeSoto County, Mississippi ( south )

In fact, the total value for building permits in June 2007 is close to that of the much larger Memphis suburban county of DeSoto County, MS.

However, as Chrysler attempted to spin Plymouth off into stand-alone dealerships, existing dealers typically chose to become higher-volume Plymouth dealerships over the slower-selling DeSoto brand, leaving the marque with a weakened dealer network and fewer outlets selling its cars.

The result was 221 votes in favor of a merger with DeSoto and 219 opposed.

* Richard Burford is the Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 7, which includes DeSoto Parish and the adjacent southern portion of Caddo Parish.

On September 8, a four-mile stretch on K-10 between the Edgerton Road exit and the DeSoto interchange at former K-285 ( now Lexington Avenue ) was closed for shooting highway scenes representing a mass exodus on Interstate 70.

To fit better in the Chrysler Corporation lineup, alongside low-priced Plymouth and medium-priced DeSoto, Dodge ’ s lineup for early 1930 was trimmed down to a core group of two lines and thirteen models ( from three lines and nineteen models just over a year previous ).

( DeSoto and Dodge would swap places in the market for the 1933 model year, Dodge dropping down between Plymouth and DeSoto.

The southern mouth of the Manatee River is the likely landing site for the De Soto Expedition and is the location of the U. S. National Park Service's DeSoto National Memorial.

DeSoto County is known for its golf courses.

First visited by the explorer DeSoto in 1537, Cowley County was officially organized as a county, but reserved for the Osage Indians, by the Kansas Legislature in March 1867, originally named Hunter County for Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter ( 1809 – 1887 ), a Virginia Representative and Senator to Congress and Speaker of the House in the twenty-sixth Congress.

Mike's boss was Rita J. Sanchez ( Rosana DeSoto ), and his other boys, who he treated as if they were his own sons, were aspiring heavyweight boxer Lester " Sugar " Thompson ( Martin Davis ), sweet little Dash ( Benji Gregory ), nerdy intellectual Lyle ( Gabriel Damon ), who supposedly did Mike's tax forms for him ; and huge, hulking Conan ( B. J.

A Kewanee boiler is also the dwelling place for the character Suzie DeSoto, played by Debra Winger, in the 1982 film version of John Steinbeck's book Cannery Row.

During the American Civil War, the Keatchie " highlanders " obtained $ 1, 500 from the DeSoto Parish Police Jury for the war effort.

On April 13, 1836, they purchased of land – known as Sections 34 and 35 – in newly-created DeSoto County from Chickasaw chief Lush-Pun-Tubby for $ 1, 600.

As an interesting connection to de Soto's travels, Margaret Culkin Banning's novel " I Took My Love to the Country " features the town " DeSoto ", known to be Tryon, which attracted visitors for its climate, performing arts and equestrian events.

He helped push for the incorporation of Glenn Heights to prevent his business from being annexed by the city of DeSoto.

Mantooth's Gage and Tighe's DeSoto appeared in the tenth episode of Sierra, another Webb / Cinader production centered around a pair of National Park Service rangers, which appeared for only a partial season in 1974.

The paramedics / firefighters were also promoted to captains in this final movie, capping the six-season run of Emergency with a " happy ending " for both Gage and DeSoto.

Record labels like Dischord, DeSoto Records, Exotic Fever, and Amor Y Lucha have been and remain to be a crucial means of distribution for DC bands.

In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Not all Canadian-market Chrysler-built vehicles were badge engineered in this manner, however ; The DeSoto Diplomat, for example — a rebadged Dodge Dart — was never sold in Canada, where DeSotos were similar to the US models.

From the dam site, which is north of Burkeville, TX, the reservoir extends up the river for about to Logansport, LA, and inundates land in Sabine, Shelby, Panola and Newton Counties, Texas, and Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana.