Dentonia is a ghost town in Jewell County, Kansas, United States.

[1] First settled in 1882 with the establishment of a post office, the population of this small farming village peaked in 1910 at 60 residents, at which point it boasted a blacksmith's shop, doctor's office, dance hall, store, church and school.

Dentonia's store was the location of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodge.

[2] The town lost its last residents at some point after the closure of the school in 1964, but the church continued to hold services until 1998 and was destroyed by a fire in 2002.

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