Stanton, MO

Stanton is an unincorporated community in southern Franklin County, Missouri, United States. Stanton lies on Interstate 44 at the junction with Missouri Supplemental Route W, which provides access to Meramec Caverns, located approximately two miles southeast along the Meramec River. A post office called Stanton has been in operation since 1857. A newcomer can read Stanton through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Stanton comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The community took its name from the nearby Stanton copper mines.