Henry County Sheriff's Dept
Henry County is located between Kansas City and Springfield, along MO-Highway 7 and MO-Highway 13. Both are 4-lane highways and major travelling corridors between these metropolitan areas throughout the year, which creates noticeable increases in traffic volume. Henry County is also located on Truman Lake, which includes federally- maintained campgrounds, privately-owned campgrounds and numerous weekend lake homes, and is bordered by Benton County (east) and St. Clair County (south), which are both also located on Truman Lake and are each comprised of several federally-maintained and privately-owned campgrounds and numerous weekend lake homes, as well. MO-7 and MO-13 connect Henry County with Benton and St. Clair Counties and are major travelling corridors to these lake areas. These roadways are also major corridors through Henry County to other vacation and weekend locations, which include Lake of the Ozarks and Branson. According to annual statistics compiled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federally-maintain campgrounds accounted for over 350,000 visitors to Henry County each year. These same statistics revealed that the federally-maintained campgrounds in Benton County accounted for over 800,000 visitors and in St. Clair County accounted for over 200,000 visitors, and a large majority of these visitors travel either MO-7 or MO-13, which is the most direct routes of travel, in order to access these camping facilities. Henry County's population shows over a 300% increase, due to the number of persons utilizing these campgrounds alone.