The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBennett Spring is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dallas and Laclede counties, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bennett Spring had a population of 138. It lies 12 miles (19 km) 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 no…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 130 to 138 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bennett Springs yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bennett Springs’s history is told.
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Bennett Springs, decade by decade
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2 historic places in Bennett Springs
Bennett Springs has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 8 historic buildings, because Bennett Spring State Park Hatchery-Lodge Area Historic District alone counts 6.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1985Bennett Spring State Park Shelter House and Water Gauge StationListed 1985Bennett Spring State Park Hatchery-Lodge Area Historic DistrictThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.