Lake Spring, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri}}

{{Redirect|Lake Spring|similar uses|Spring Lake (disambiguation){{!}}Spring Lake}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lake Spring

| official_name =

| settlement_type = Unincorporated community

| pushpin_map = Missouri

| coordinates = {{Coord|37|46|57|N|91|40|44|W|type:city_region:US-MO|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Missouri

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Dent County

| timezone = Central (CST)

| utc_offset = -6

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = -5

}}

Lake Spring is an unincorporated community in northwest Dent County, Missouri, United States.{{GNIS|720757}} It is located approximately {{convert|12|miles|spell=in}} southeast of Rolla on Route 72. A post office called Lake Spring has been in operation since 1856.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 September 2016}} The community was named after a nearby pool of water fed by a spring.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dent.html |title=Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=27 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071627/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dent.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }} The Hyer Woods Conservation Area{{Cite web|url=https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/places/hyer-woods-ca|title=Hyer Woods CA|website=MDC Discover Nature|language=en|access-date=2019-06-19}} composes approximately {{convert|30|acres}} in the Lake Spring community.