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Missouri Route 5 is the longest state highway in Missouri and the only Missouri state highway to traverse the entire state. To the north, it continues into Iowa as Iowa Highway 5 and to the south it enters Arkansas as Arkansas Highway 5 as part of a three state 650 mile highway 5. With only a few exceptions, it is mostly a two-lane for its ...
Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 42,745. [1] Its county seat is Camdenton. [2] The county was organized on January 29, 1841, as Kinderhook County and renamed Camden County in 1843 after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Whig Party.
After a brief concurrency with I-49/U.S. 71, Route 7 heads north as a two-lane highway, crossing Route 58 in Pleasant Hill, Route 150, and US 50. In Blue Springs , it crosses US 40 and I-70 . Continuing north, Route 7 is the eastern terminus of Route 78 , before itself terminating at US 24 in Independence .
Camdenton is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, Missouri, United States. [5] Its population was 3,718 at the 2010 census . The city is enveloped by the Lower Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks , and serves as a popular trade point for visitors to the area.
Missouri Route 5 (Sunset Boulevard) runs the length of the village, leading northwest 3 miles (5 km) to Laurie and 21 miles (34 km) to Versailles, and south 15 miles (24 km) to Camdenton. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 5.82 square miles (15.07 km 2 ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ), or 0.17%, are ...
Camden was platted in 1838. [5] The community most likely was named after a family of early settlers. [6] Camden was a Missouri River boat stop until the early 1900s, when the Missouri River's Camden bend was cut off after major river flooding, moving the new channel south. [7]
The town sits on a ridge two miles north of the Gasconade River. [9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.29 square miles (5.93 km 2), of which 2.27 square miles (5.88 km 2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2) is water. [10]
It is located north of U.S. Route 54 on Missouri Route AA, approximately five miles west of Camdenton and 2.5 miles west of the Niangua River arm of the Lake of the Ozarks. [2] The ZIP Code for Roach is 65787. [3] The community was named after the Roach family of pioneer settlers, who migrated from Tennessee in 1831.