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Denton Missouri Map

Explore Denton, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Denton, Missouri

How to Use This Denton, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Denton, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Denton.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Denton
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Johnson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.090523
Longitude	-89.891485
Population	82
Density	83.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	64040, 63877
Area Code	816
County Seat	Warrensburg
School District	South Pemiscot County R-V School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cooter Auxillary Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 122° SE
Blytheville Youth Sportsplex (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 193° S
Linebacker 2 Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 203° SW
Hulk-46 Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 204° SW
Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 233° SW
Little River Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 341° N
Big Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.2 mi, 235° SW
Jones outdoor Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 316° NW
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 242° SW · 22k acres
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.7 mi, 239° SW · 2,280 acres
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 258° W
Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.4 mi, 147° SE · 43k acres
Shady Grove Church (Historic Ruins) — 19.8 mi, 212° SW
Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 320° NW
Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 320° NW
John Sappington Marmaduke Memorial Sign (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 284° W
Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 098° E
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 061° NE
Fort Pillow (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 173° S
Caboose (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 050° NE
Reelfoot (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 051° NE
Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 351° N
Dyess Colony Museum (Museum) — 39.0 mi, 208° SW
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 210° SW
Doughboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 48.7 mi, 249° W
Billy Tripp's Mindfield (Attraction) — 49.0 mi, 134° SE
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 55.2 mi, 335° NW · 1.5M acres
The Crossing Amphitheater (Theatre) — 56.4 mi, 167° S
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 61.4 mi, 343° N · 7,890 acres

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