Dent County

Also known as Dent County, Missouri, Dent County, MO

county in Missouri, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Missouri
Founded: February 10, 1851
Named after: Lewis Dent, a pioneer settler
Seat: Salem
Largest city: Salem
Total: 755 sq mi (1,960 km )
Land: 753 sq mi (1,950 km )
Water: 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km ) 0.2%
Estimate 2025: 14,584
Density: 19.2/sq mi (7.39/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )

Article

Dent County is a county in Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,421. The largest city and county seat is Salem. The county was officially organized on February 10, 1851, and is named after state representative Lewis Dent, a pioneer settler who arrived in Missouri from Virginia in 1835.

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