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DeSoto County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 6, 2026
Board of Supervisors meets
1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 9:00 AM (moves to Tuesday if the Monday is a holiday).
Meeting location
Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, DeSoto County Administration Building, 365 Losher Street, Hernando, MS 38632.
Chancery Clerk
Misty Taylor Heffner · 662-469-8006
Agendas posted at
https://www.desotocountyms.gov/agendacenter
Board of Supervisors
5-member Board of Supervisors, one per district. President: Jessie Medlin (District 1). Vice-President: Ray Denison (District 3). Other members: Mark Gardner (District 2), Lee Caldwell (District 4), Robert Foster (District 5).

Other Local Government Here

Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

  • Desoto Co School Dist · School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

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