Mindenmines is a city in Barton County, Missouri, United States.

[4] The city lies approximately four miles east of Frontenac, Kansas.

[5][6] Mindenmines is located in western Barton County on US Route 160 16 miles west of Lamar.

23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the city was 97.31% White, 1.71% Native American, and 0.98% from two or more races.

The town was laid out by Captain J. R. Tucker, March 19, 1883 and named Minden.

But only a year later the name was changed to Mindenmines (spelled Minden Mines from 1884 to 1895)[11] because the mail got mixed up with that of Mendon, Missouri.

The suffix was added because the chief occupation of the local inhabitants was coal mining.