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135 people live in this town, settled in 1939.
100% of households are owner-occupiers in Bennett Springs, above both Missouri’s towns (64%) and U.S. towns (73%). 52% of the land in Bennett Springs is conserved, against 2.1% in Missouri’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Bennett Spring State Park, 1,191 acres with 4.5 miles of trail. Bennett Springs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
The archive holds 3 maps from 1939 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Ordered by what stands out in Bennett Springs.
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 5.1 miles. The density of trails in Bennett Springs is 1.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bennett Spring State Park | 4.5 mi | 1,191 |
| 2. Bennett Spring Access | 0.4 mi | 170 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Bennett Springs, the FEMA hazard score is 68 of 100. 38% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 24%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For Bennett Springs, the peak summer temperature is 89°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of adults in Bennett Springs who say their health is fair or poor: 31%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Bennett Springs is ahead of Missouri on 3 and behind on 16. Among 248 Missouri towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Bennett Springs.
| Bennett Springs | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Bennett Springs | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.2% | 16.3% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 70.5% | 64% |
| More adults with heart disease | 13.9% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bennett Springs is unincorporated, so Dallas County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
None within 15 miles of Bennett Springs; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Bennett Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
Census-designated place in Missouri, United States
Bennett 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…
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Bennett Springs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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