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DeSoto County, Mississippi

Who runs DeSoto County: 29 county offices listed below. Use the Power Map to see how state money and power reach this county.

DeSoto County officials

County seat: Hernando · Unit system · (662) 469-8180 · County website
SupervisorJessie Medlin
SupervisorMark Gardner
SupervisorRay Denison
SupervisorLee Caldwell
SupervisorRobert Foster
SheriffThomas Tuggle
Chancery ClerkMisty T. Heffner
Circuit ClerkDale K. Thompson
Tax AssessorJeff Fitch
Tax CollectorJoey Treadway
CoronerW. Josh Pounders
County Prosecuting AttorneyJames E. Holland
District AttorneyMatthew Barton
Constable (District 1)Lawrence Vaughn, Jr.
Constable (District 2)Brad Hodge
Constable (District 3)Keith Combes
Constable (District 4)Bobby Holloway
Constable (District 5)Lee Hodge
County Court Judge (Place 1)Allen B. Couch, Jr.
County Court Judge (Place 2)Craig Treadway
Chancery Court Judge (District 3)Mitchell M. Lundy, Jr.
Chancery Court Judge (District 3)Percy L. Lynchard, Jr.
Chancery Court Judge (District 3)Vicki B. Daniels
Circuit Court Judge (District 23)Celeste Embrey Wilson
Circuit Court Judge (District 23)Gerald Chatham
Circuit Court Judge (District 23)Douglas Hollowell, III
Board AttorneyAdam Emerson
County AdministratorAndrea Pettigrew
County EngineerJason Youngblood
Sources: MS Secretary of State 2026 County Directory; Mississippi Association of Supervisors. Retrieved 2026-09-27. Offices change. Listing here is not an allegation of any kind. See an error? Request a correction.

Money, organizations and media

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DeSoto County – IRS EO nonprofits & churches

706 organizations from IRS EO BMF (cite-only).

search the SOS file for Desoto.

Census CBP 2023: 3349 establishments (aggregate only – no named firms).

+698 more on the full directory page: View all 706 organizations.

Nonprofit & 501(c) help

Cite-only public guidance – not legal advice. Verify on IRS pages.

DeSoto County – Named for-profit businesses

This named list is a sample, not the full registry. The SOS search covers A through E. Letters F through Z are not in the file.

38 named in Wave-1 dig (accessed 2026-09-28).

Sample limit: High-signal sample only – not a full for-profit universe. The SOS search covers A through E. Letters F through Z are not in the file. OpenCorporates is not loaded.

Source: businesses-research Wave-1 · Fact Guard PASS WITH SOFT NOTES · This named list is a sample. The SOS search is the A through E file.

IRS = Internal Revenue Service. EIN = the IRS tax ID number. EO BMF = the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations. SOS = Mississippi Secretary of State, which registers businesses.

All abbreviations on this page explained

Abbreviations and terms

IRS
Internal Revenue Service, the federal tax agency.
EIN
Employer Identification Number, the 9-digit federal tax ID the IRS gives an organization (written 12-3456789).
EO BMF
Exempt Organizations Business Master File, the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations. This page draws on the Mississippi file (eo_ms.csv).
Form 990
The yearly information return most tax-exempt organizations file with the IRS. It shows revenue, assets and pay.
990-N
The IRS "e-Postcard" for small tax-exempt organizations. It has basic contact facts only, with no balance sheet.
SOS
Secretary of State. In Mississippi, the state office that registers businesses and nonprofits and keeps their filings.
Census point
A map location found by matching the street address with the U.S. Census Bureau. PO boxes cannot be matched.