Cole Camp is a small city in Benton County, Missouri, United States.

It also hosts a Maifest in May, an Oktoberfest in October, and a Christbaumfest in late November; all highlight the town's German heritage.

[5] It became a Flag Stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route that next year.

The Butterfield Overland Mail Route ran in the 1858-1861 Period before the American Civil War.

The first postmaster of Cole Camp was Ezekiel Williams, Sr., appointed February 26, 1839.

[7] Cole Camp was the site of a skirmish early in the American Civil War, when the local pro-Union Home Guard company was attacked by a Missouri State Guard force on June 19, 1861.

At the Battle of Cole Camp, the Home Guard were defeated with a loss of 35 men killed or wounded.

The headwaters of Cole Camp Creek are adjacent to the west side of the community.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.30 square miles (3.37 km2), all land.

40.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 27.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.