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==Geography==

==Geography==

Dent County lies in the Ozarks Plateau of south-central Missouri, immediately west of the St. Francois Mountains and the so-called "Lead Belt." It is generally rectangular in shape, though with some irregularities on its western and especially its eastern ends. It is bordered on the east by [[Iron County, Missouri|Iron County]], on the southeast by [[Reynolds County, Missouri|Reynolds County]], on the south by [[Shannon County, Missouri|Shannon County]], on the southwest by [[Texas County, Missouri|Texas County]], on the northwest by Phelps County, and on the north and northeast by Crawford County.

Dent County lies in the Ozarks Plateau of south-central Missouri, immediately west of the St. Francois Mountains and the so-called "Lead Belt." It is generally rectangular in shape, though with some irregularities on its western and especially its eastern ends. It is bordered on the east by [[Iron County, Missouri|Iron County]], on the southeast by [[Reynolds County, Missouri|Reynolds County]], on the south by [[Shannon County, Missouri|Shannon County]], on the southwest by [[Texas County, Missouri|Texas County]], on the northwest by [[Phelps County, Missouri|Phelps County]], and on the north and northeast by Crawford County.

The county has a total area of 754.51 square miles, including 752.79 of land and 1.72 of water.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref> Except for some more rugged regions in the east and southeast, most of the county is relatively level, belonging to a broad subsection of the Ozarks known as the "Salem Plateau." It lies along the boundary separating the watersheds of the [[Missouri River]] to the north and the [[Arkansas River]] to the south.<ref>''History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps, and Dent counties, Missouri'' (1889), p. 564-65.</ref> The highest point in the county is an unnamed peak in the east near the border with Reynolds County, at 1,461 feet above sea level, while the lowest point, about 850 feet, is along the Current River at the border with Shannon County in the south.<ref>https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22232</ref>

The county has a total area of 754.51 square miles, including 752.79 of land and 1.72 of water.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref> Except for some more rugged regions in the east and southeast, most of the county is relatively level, belonging to a broad subsection of the Ozarks known as the "Salem Plateau." It lies along the boundary separating the watersheds of the [[Missouri River]] to the north and the [[Arkansas River]] to the south.<ref>''History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps, and Dent counties, Missouri'' (1889), p. 564-65.</ref> The highest point in the county is an unnamed peak in the east near the border with Reynolds County, at 1,461 feet above sea level, while the lowest point, about 850 feet, is along the Current River at the border with Shannon County in the south.<ref>https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22232</ref>