Denton Missouri Map

About Denton, Missouri

Denton is a locality in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 82. The population density is 83.8 people per km². Denton is located at 36.0905°N, 89.8915°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 64040, 63877.

Denton occupies a quiet expanse of land where the flat, productive prairie earth meets the slow, deliberate work of the wind. It lies 14.7 miles southwest of Warrensburg, MO (from Warrensburg, MO: bearing 225°T), and is situated 18.8 miles north-northwest of Clinton. A mile to the west, the channel of White Oak Creek cuts a thin, shaded line through the soil, its banks thick with brush and the persistent damp of a Missouri summer. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, though the faint, jagged silhouette of Devil Ridge rises sixteen miles to the south, a dark suggestion of elevation against the pale light of evening. During the harvest, the air carries a heavy, dry sweetness, and the sky at dusk turns a bruised, singular violet that seems to press down upon the fields, highlighting the quiet geometry of the fence lines and the singular, sturdy architecture of the silos.

Denton persists as a place built on the steady, repetitive labor of the soil, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the grain and the maintenance of the surrounding acreage. The history of the locality is written in the simple, weathered barns and the narrow roads that connect the dispersed homesteads to the wider world. Those seeking a respite from the quiet intensity of the fields often travel the eight miles to the Urich Conservation Area, a stretch of managed wildness that offers a break from the relentless order of the farms. Further out, the waters of Rock Island Lake gather in the low ground, providing a cool, still counterpoint to the heat of the plains. Life in Denton moves at the pace of the seasons, marked by the arrival of the migrating birds and the slow shift of the light across the fallow ground.

About This Denton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Denton, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.090523, -89.891485. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Denton includes the ZIP code (64040, 63877), telephone area code (816), county seat of Johnson County (Warrensburg), and school district assignment (South Pemiscot County R-V School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.