Editing Camdenton, Missouri (section)

==History==
Camdenton, the new county seat, had its start in the 1930s, when construction of the [[Lake of the Ozarks]] inundated the old county seat of Linn Creek.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=PA33 | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=33| isbn=9780826210210 }}</ref> The city derives its name from Camden County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_camden.html |title=Camden County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=September 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071349/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_camden.html |archive-date=June 24, 2016 }}</ref> The name Camdenton was chosen because there were no other cities with that name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camden County {{!}} The State Historical Society of Missouri |url=https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/C2366/camden-county |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=collections.shsmo.org}}</ref> A post office called Camdenton has been in operation since 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=September 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |archive-date=March 6, 2016 }}</ref>

The city was platted in 1930 by Clint Webb and Jim Banner, on a 160-acre plot of land at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 54]] and [[Missouri Route 5]]. It was originally planned for a map of the streets to look like a wagon wheel.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Camden County Historical Society |title=Camdenton |journal=Camden County Museum |publication-place=Linn Creek, Missouri, United States}}</ref>