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”, “Dent County, MO”, “Dent County, Mo.”, “Dent ilçesi, Missouri”, “Dent ilçesi, MO”, “Dent ilçesi, Mo.”, “Дент (округ)”, and “مقاطعه دينت، ميزوري”

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.

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
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Dent” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Dent County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دينت”
  • 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: “登特县”
  • Chinese: “登特縣”
  • Chinese: “登特郡”
  • Dutch: “Dent County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Dent”
  • Estonian: “Denti maakond”
  • Finnish: “Dentin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Dent”
  • French: “Comté de Dent”
  • Ganda: “Dent County”
  • Ganda: “Essaza lya Dent, Missouri”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Dent, Missouri”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Dent”
  • Russian: “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”
  • Swedish: “Dent County”
  • Tatar: “Дент (округ, Миссури)”
  • Tatar: “Дент”
  • Tumbuka: “Dent County, Missouri”
  • Tumbuka: “Dent County”
  • Turkish: “Dent County, Missouri”
  • 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”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Doss and Fawn.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Salem Bowling Center, LLC and Salem United Methodist Church.

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