Dent County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 14,927 (Change since 1990: +8.9%)
• Created: February 10, 1851
• County seat: Salem
• Largest town: Salem (Pop. 4,854)
• Name origin: Lewis Dent

Populated Places

• Anutt (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route C and Route O northwest of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'57" N, 91°43'11" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 1217
  • Civil township: Watkins
  • USGS Quad: Anutt
  • Named after Annet Lenox, local schoolteacher
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 70)
• Ark (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Howes Mill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'52" N, 91°20'09" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 1340
  • Civil township: Meramec
  • USGS Quad: Howes Mill Spring
• Bangert (Unincorporated)
  • Located beyond end of Route JJ north of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'16" N, 91°30'57" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 1228
  • Civil township: Short Bend
  • USGS Quad: Seaton
• Boscobel (Unincorporated)
  • Located north of Howes near the Crawford County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'36" N, 91°30'08" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 1171
  • Civil township: Short Bend
  • USGS Quad: Seaton
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Boss (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection MO 32 and Route AC at eastern edge of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°38'35" N, 91°11'21" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Osage
  • School district: Iron County C-4
  • USGS Quad: Viburnum West
• Condray (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection MO 68 and Route FF north of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'60" N, 91°33'17" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 1025
  • Civil township: Norman
  • USGS Quad: Seaton
  • Map: MoDOT
• Cooksey (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'07" N, 91°27'28" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 1000
  • Civil township: Short Bend
  • USGS Quad: Cook Station
• Coulstone (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 32 at the Texas County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'22" N, 91°45'04" W
  • Civil township: Texas
  • USGS Quad: Maples
• Custer (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road northeast of Jadwin
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°32'11" N, 91°31'10" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 19-20
  • Elevation: 1253
  • Civil township: Franklin
  • USGS Quad: Darien
• Darien (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route K near the intersection with Route E northwest of Jadwin
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'12" N, 91°35'32" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 33-34
  • Elevation: 1360
  • Civil township: Franklin
  • USGS Quad: Darien
• Doss (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route B at intersection with CR 545 southeast of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'34" N, 91°29'05" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 225
  • Civil township: Franklin
  • USGS Quad: Doss
  • Named for William Doss, newspaper printer
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 70)
• Earls (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route JJ north of Howes
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°44'50" N, 91°31'06" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 18
  • Elevation: 1235
  • Civil township: Short Bend
  • USGS Quad: Salem (Benchmark shown)
• Elba (Unincorporated)
  • Located northeast of Ranger and southwest of Salem
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Falk Mill (Historical)
  • Located on a county road north of Route A along Sinking Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'22" N, 91°18'03" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 970
  • Civil township: Sinkin
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Loggers Lake (Shows Falk Mill Hollow)
• Fawn (Unincorporated)
  • Located south of Doss
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°32'38" N, 91°28'34" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 1320
  • Civil township: Franklin
  • USGS Quad: Doss
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Gila (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Sinking Creek southeast of Gladden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'49" N, 91°18'28" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 31
  • Civil township: Sinkin
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Loggers Lake (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Gladden (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 19 and CR 551 east of Jadwin
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°29'55" N, 91°27'23" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 1290
  • Civil township: Gladden
  • USGS Quad: Gladden
• Halcyon (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°28'35" N, 91°22'58" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 1090
  • Civil township: Sinkin
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Gladden (Not shown)
• Hedrick (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere between Salem and Lenox
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'55" N, 91°39'58" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 1185
  • Civil township: Texas
  • USGS Quad: Anutt
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Hobson (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route FF east of MO 72, northwest of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'20" N, 91°37'55" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Norman
  • USGS Quad: Lecoma
• Howes (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 19 and Route JJ north of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'34" N, 91°30'52" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 31-32
  • Elevation: 249
  • Civil township: Short Bend
  • USGS Quad: Salem
• Howes Mill (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 32 west of Boss
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'04" N, 91°17'30" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 29
  • Civil township: Osage
  • School district: Salem R-80
  • USGS Quad: Stone Hill
  • Map: MoDOT (Shows Howes Mill and Howes Mill P.O.)
• Jack (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route F southwest of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'34" N, 91°37'16" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Texas
  • USGS Quad: Darien
• Jadwin (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route K and Route BB north of Akers
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°29'12" N, 91°34'15" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 14-15
  • Civil township: Gladden
  • USGS Quad: Cedargrove
• Joy (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route E east of intersection with MO 119
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'52" N, 91°40'27" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 1296
  • Civil township: Texas
  • USGS Quad: Rhyse
• Lake Spring (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 72 near the Phelps County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'57" N, 91°40'43" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 995
  • Civil township: Watkins
  • USGS Quad: Lecoma
• Lecoma (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route O about a mile south of the Phelps County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'34" N, 91°43'51" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 5-6
  • Elevation: 1176
  • Civil township: Watkins
  • USGS Quad: Lecoma
• Lenox (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route C and Route H west of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'11" N, 91°45'40" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 13
  • Civil township: Watkins
  • USGS Quad: Edgar Springs
• Lents (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southeast of Howes Mill
• Max (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route B near bridge over Meramec River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'29" N, 91°22'60" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 9
  • Civil township: Linn
  • USGS Quad: Doss
• Montauk (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction MO 119 and Route VV southwest of Salem
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'52" N, 91°41'44" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 1157
  • Civil township: Current
  • USGS Quad: Montauk
• Mounce (Historical)
  • Located somewhere north of Stone Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'58" N, 91°23'13" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 1111
  • Civil township: Meramec
  • USGS Quad: Short Bend (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• New Hope (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road between Route K and Route Z northeast of Darien
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'25" N, 91°33'33" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 1310
  • Civil township: Franklin
  • USGS Quad: Darien
  • Map: MoDOT
• North Lenox (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'53" N, 91°45'23" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 1275
  • Civil township: Watkins
  • USGS Quad: Edgar Springs
• Ranger (Unincorporated)
  • Located northwest of Joy
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'30" N, 91°43'53" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 1380
  • Civil township: Texas
  • USGS Quad: Rhyse
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Rhyse (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 32 just northeast of junction with MO 119
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'09" N, 91°41'10" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 15
  • Civil township: Texas
  • USGS Quad: Rhyse
  • Named for Rhyse Jeffries, the son of a prominent landowner
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 76)
• Rufus (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Joy near the Texas County line
• Salem (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 4,854 (Change since 1990: +8.2%)
  • Located at center of county near intersections of MO 19, MO 32, MO 68, and MO 72
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°38'44" N, 91°32'09" W
• Short Bend (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 19 near bridge over Meramec River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°44'47" N, 91°26'02" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 979
  • Civil township: Short Bend
  • USGS Quad: Short Bend
• Sligo (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Sligo Furnace
  • Located on Route TT just east of MO 19 near the Crawford County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'26" N, 91°22'39" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 4, 9
  • Elevation: 1069
  • Civil township: Short Bend
  • USGS Quad: Cook Station
• Smoky Hollow (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route CC southeast of Lenox
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'20" N, 91°41'34" W
  • Elevation: 1256
  • Civil township: Texas
  • USGS Quad: Rhyse
• Stone Hill (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection MO 72 and CR 524 southeast of Howes Mill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'06" N, 91°20'31" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 1150
  • Civil township: Meramec
  • School district: Salem R-80
  • USGS Quad: Stone Hill
  • Map: 1904 McNally (Stonehill)
• Tacoma (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route U
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°43'42" N, 91°35'42" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 28
  • Civil township: Norman
  • USGS Quad: Salem (Not shown)
• Turtle (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route N northeast of Gladden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'24" N, 91°24'44" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 30
  • Elevation: 1392
  • Civil township: Linn
  • USGS Quad: Doss
• Valleyknob (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Valley Knob
  • Located somewhere southwest of Stone Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'30" N, 91°23'14" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 17
  • Civil township: Linn
  • USGS Quad: Doss
• West Bunker (Unincorporated)
  • Located just west of Bunker
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'18" N, 91°12'55" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 1364
  • Civil township: Sinkin
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Bunker (Not shown)

History

Name origin

Named for Lewis Dent, pioneer settler

Demographics