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. The post office was discontinued in 1903.[2]
Dentonia's population was 34 in 1920,[3] and was just 3 in 1940.[4]
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.[2]
