De Soto is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States.

[5] The community is named for Hernando de Soto, the explorer who discovered the Mississippi River.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

A De Soto councilmember apologized by saying that the city simply "forgot" about the need to hold an election.

Facing a number of state violations, the city promised to remedy the situation permanently by outsourcing the elections process to a third party.