Dent

Dent County is a county in . As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,421. The largest city and county seat is . 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 in 1835.
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  • Type: County with 14,400 residents
  • Description: county in Missouri, United States
  • Also known as: Dent County”, “Dent County, Missouri”, and “Dent County, MO

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salem.

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is a city in and the county seat of Dent County, , United States. The population was 4,608 at the 2020 census, which allows to become a Class 3 city in Missouri; however, the city has chosen to remain a Class 4 city under Missouri Revised Statutes.

Dent

Latitude
37.6212° or 37° 37′ 16″ north
Longitude
-91.5167° or 91° 31′ 0″ west
Population
14,400
Elevation
1,243 feet (379 metres)
Open location code
869CJFCM+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316970484
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4383752
Wiki­data ID
Q485229
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Dent” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Dent County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة دينت
  • Arabic: مقاطعه دينت، ميزوري
  • Armenian: Դենտ շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Dent
  • Basque: Dent konderria
  • Bavarian: Dent County, Missouri
  • Bavarian: Dent County
  • Bishnupriya: ডেন্ট কাউন্টি, মিসৌরি
  • Bishnupriya: ডেন্ট কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Дент
  • Catalan: comtat de Dent
  • Cebuano: Dent County
  • Chechen: Дент (гуо, Миссури)
  • Chechen: Дент
  • Chinese: Dent Kūn
  • Chinese: 登特县
  • Chinese: 登特縣
  • Chinese: 登特郡
  • Dutch: Dent County
  • Esperanto: Dent County
  • Esperanto: kantono Dent
  • Estonian: Denti maakond
  • Finnish: Dentin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Dent
  • French: Comté de Dent
  • French: Dent County
  • Ganda: Dent County, Missouri
  • Ganda: Dent County
  • Georgian: დენტის ოლქი
  • German: Dent County
  • Gilaki: دنت ٚ شأرستان (ميزؤري)
  • Gilaki: دنت ٚ شأرستان
  • Hungarian: Dent megye
  • Irish: Contae Dent
  • Italian: contea di Dent
  • Italian: Contea di Dent
  • Italian: Dent County
  • Japanese: デント郡
  • Korean: 덴트군
  • Low German: Dent County
  • Mazanderani: دنت شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Dent Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dent Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dent County
  • Norwegian: Dent County
  • Persian: شهرستان دنت، میزوری
  • Persian: شهرستان دنت
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Dent
  • Portuguese: condado de Dent
  • Portuguese: Condado de Dent
  • Portuguese: Dent County
  • Romanian: Comitatul Dent, Missouri
  • Romanian: Comitatul Dent
  • Russian: Дент (округ)
  • Russian: Дент
  • Russian: Округ Дент
  • Sardinian: contea de Dent
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dent County
  • Serbian: Округ Дент
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dent County, Missouri
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dent County
  • Spanish: condado de Dent
  • Spanish: Condado de Dent
  • Spanish: Dent County
  • Swedish: Dent County
  • Tatar: Дент (округ, Миссури)
  • Tatar: Дент
  • Tumbuka: Dent County, Missouri
  • Tumbuka: Dent County
  • Turkish: Dent County, Missouri
  • Turkish: Dent County, Mo.
  • Turkish: Dent County, MO
  • Turkish: Dent County
  • Turkish: Dent ilçesi, Missouri
  • Turkish: Dent ilçesi, Mo.
  • Turkish: Dent ilçesi, MO
  • Turkish: Dent ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Дент
  • Urdu: ڈینٹ کاؤنٹی، مسوری
  • Urdu: ڈینٹ کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Dent
  • Vietnamese: Quận Dent, Missouri
  • Vietnamese: Quận Dent
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Dent, Missouri
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Dent
  • Welsh: Dent County, Missouri
  • Welsh: Dent County
  • Western Panjabi: ڈینٹ کاؤنٹی،مسوری

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