Denton is an unincorporated community in southern Johnson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community is on Missouri Route 2 miles northwest of Chilhowee.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 35 The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad passes the south side of the community.Blairstown, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1955
History Denton was laid out in 1905, and named after a railroad employee. A post office called Denton was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1954.
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