Local Wiki
Dent County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026- County Commission meets
- Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon.
- Meeting location
- Dent County Courthouse, 400 N. Main St., Salem, MO 65560.
- County Clerk
- Angie Curley · 400 N. Main St., Salem, MO 65560 · (573) 729-4144 (FAX (573) 729-3350)
- Agendas posted at
- http://www.salemmo.com/dent/
- County Commission
- Standard 3-member County Commission. Presiding Commissioner: Gary M. Larson. First District Commissioner: Keith Green. Second District Commissioner: Jimmy Williams.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Dent-Phelps R-III · School District
- Green Forest R-II · School District
- North Wood R-IV · School District
- Oak Hill R-I · School District
- Salem R-80 · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Bunker · City
- Salem (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026