Bennett Springs, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Bennett Spring, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Bennett Spring
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:Counties
Subdivision Name2:Dallas, Laclede
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:10.97
Area Land Km2:10.80
Area Water Km2:0.17
Area Total Sq Mi:4.24
Area Land Sq Mi:4.17
Area Water Sq Mi:0.07
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:138
Population Density Km2:12.78
Population Density Sq Mi:33.09
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:896
Coordinates:37.7256°N -92.8533°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:65536
Area Code:417
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-04525
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2587052

Bennett Spring is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dallas and Laclede counties, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 130.[2] It lies 12miles west of Lebanon on Missouri Route 64. The community is named after a spring that is reported variously as the third or fourth largest in the state, with an average daily flow of about one hundred million gallons, and which is the centerpiece of Bennett Spring State Park.

The community is located adjacent to the confluence of Bennett Spring Branch with the Niangua River, a north-flowing tributary of Lake of the Ozarks and part of the Osage River watershed, which flows northeast to the Missouri River. The spring itself is located approximately one mile south along Bennett Spring Branch within the park boundaries.[3] Bennett Spring State Park is one of the Missouri trout parks. The park features the largest spring of the four parks. Trout fishing, camping, and hiking are the main activities in the park, and the park also offers cabins, a swimming pool, nature center, and a full-service store.[4]

An early variant name was "Brice", after James Brice, the proprietor of a local watermill.[5] A post office called Brice was established in 1900, the name was changed to Bennett Springs in 1939, and the post office closed in 1966.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. August 28, 2022.
  2. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Bennett Spring CDP, Missouri. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. April 8, 2020.
  3. Bennett Spring, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  4. https://mostateparks.com/park/bennett-spring-state-park Bennett Spring State Park
  5. Web site: Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 24 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071428/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_laclede.html . 24 June 2016 .
  6. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 24 October 2016.