Denton County, Texas

County in Texas, US

Not to be confused with its county seat, the city of Denton, Texas.

County in Texas

Denton County

County

The Denton County Courts Building, built 1998

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Location within the U.S. state of Texas

Texas's location within the U.S.

Coordinates: 33°12′N 97°07′W﻿ / ﻿33.2°N 97.12°W﻿ / 33.2; -97.12
Country|  United States
State|  Texas
Founded| April 11, 1846
Named after| John B. Denton
Seat| Denton
Largest city| Denton
Area

• Total

| 953 sq mi (2,470 km2)
• Land| 878 sq mi (2,270 km2)
• Water| 75 sq mi (190 km2)  7.8%
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 906,422

• Estimate

(2024)

| 1,045,120
• Density| 950/sq mi (370/km2)
Time zone| UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts| 4th, 13th, 26th, 32nd
Website| dentoncounty.gov

Denton County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 906,422, making it the seventh-most populous county in Texas.[1] The county seat is Denton.[2] The county, which was named for John B. Denton, was established in 1846. Denton County constitutes part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. In 2007, it was one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.[3]

## History

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See also: Timeline of Denton, Texas and National Register of Historic Places listings in Denton County, Texas

Before the arrival of settlers, various Native American peoples, including the Kichai and the Lenape, infrequently populated the area.[4] The area was settled by Peters Colony landowners in the early 1840s.[5] Until the annexation of Texas, the area was considered part of Fannin County.[6] On April 11, 1846, the First Texas Legislature established Denton County.[7] The county was named for John B. Denton, who was killed while raiding a Native American village in Tarrant County in 1841.[8] Originally, the county seat was set at Pinckneyville. This was later changed to Alton, where the Old Alton Bridge currently stands, and then moved finally to Denton.

By 1860, the population of the county had increased to 5,031.[9] On March 4, 1861, residents of the county narrowly voted for secession from the Union, with 331 votes cast for and 264 against.[10] The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad reached Lewisville, located in the southern portion of the county, by the early 1880s.[5] The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square was built in 1896, and currently houses various government offices, as well as a museum.[11]

## Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 953 square miles (2,470 km2), of which 878 square miles (2,270 km2) are land and 75 square miles (190 km2) (7.8%) are covered by water.[13] Denton County is located in the northern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, about 35 miles south of the border between Texas and Oklahoma.[14] It is drained by two forks of the Trinity River.[15] The largest body of water in Denton County is Lewisville Lake, which was formed in 1954 when the Garza–Little Elm Reservoir was merged with Lake Dallas. The county is on the western edge of the eastern Cross Timbers and also encompasses parts of the Grand Prairie portion of the Texas blackland prairies. Portions of Denton County sit atop the Barnett Shale, a geological formation believed to contain large quantities of natural shale gas. Between 1995 and 2007, the number of natural gas wells in the county increased from 156 to 1,820, which has led to some controversy over the pollution associated with hydraulic fracturing.[16]

### Lakes

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* Lewisville Lake
* Lake Ray Roberts

### Adjacent counties

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* Cooke County (north)
* Grayson County (northeast)
* Collin County (east)
* Dallas County (southeast)
* Tarrant County (south)
* Wise County (west)

## Communities

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### Cities

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#### Multiple counties

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* Carrollton (partly in Dallas County and a small part in Collin County)
* Celina (mostly in Collin County)
* Coppell (mostly in Dallas County)
* Dallas (mostly in Dallas County with small parts in Collin, Kaufman, Rockwall and Denton counties)
* Fort Worth (mostly in Tarrant County with small parts in Johnson, Parker, Wise, and Denton counties)
* Frisco (mostly in Collin County)
* Grapevine (mostly in Tarrant County and a small part in Dallas and Denton counties)
* Haslet (mostly in Tarrant County)
* Lewisville (small part in Dallas County)
* Plano (mostly in Collin County)
* Southlake (mostly in Tarrant County)

#### Denton County only

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* Aubrey
* Corinth
* Denton (county seat)
* Highland Village
* Justin
* Krugerville
* Krum
* Lake Dallas
* Lakewood Village
* Little Elm
* Oak Point
* Pilot Point
* Roanoke
* Sanger
* The Colony

### Towns

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#### Multiple counties

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* Flower Mound (small part in Tarrant County)
* Hebron (small part in Collin County)
* Prosper (mostly in Collin County)
* Trophy Club (small part in Tarrant County)
* Westlake (mostly in Tarrant County)

#### Denton County only

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* Argyle
* Bartonville
* Corral City
* Copper Canyon
* Cross Roads
* DISH
* Double Oak
* Hackberry
* Hickory Creek
* Lincoln Park
* Northlake
* Ponder
* Providence Village
* Shady Shores

### Census-designated places

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* Lantana
* Paloma Creek
* Paloma Creek South
* Savannah

### Unincorporated communities

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* Alliance (partly in Tarrant County)
* Bolivar
* Navo

### Ghost towns

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* Alton
* Camey Spur
* Cooper Creek
* Drop
* Elizabethtown
* Green Valley
* Marshall Creek
* Mayhill
* Mingo
* Mustang
* Parvin
* Plainview
* Stony

## Demographics

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1850| 641| | —
1860| 5,031| | 684.9%
1870| 7,251| | 44.1%
1880| 18,143| | 150.2%
1890| 21,289| | 17.3%
1900| 28,318| | 33.0%
1910| 31,258| | 10.4%
1920| 35,355| | 13.1%
1930| 32,822| | −7.2%
1940| 33,658| | 2.5%
1950| 41,365| | 22.9%
1960| 47,432| | 14.7%
1970| 75,633| | 59.5%
1980| 143,126| | 89.2%
1990| 273,525| | 91.1%
2000| 432,976| | 58.3%
2010| 662,614| | 53.0%
2020| 906,419| | 36.8%
2024 (est.)| 1,045,120| [17]| 15.3%
Denton County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 1990[23] | Pop 2000[24] | Pop 2010[25] | Pop 2020[26] | % 1990  | % 2000  | % 2010  | % 2020

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White alone (NH)  | 232,885  | 328,849  | 426,887  | 485,646  | 85.14%  | 75.95%  | 64.42%  | 53.58%
Black or African American alone (NH)  | 13,314  | 24,980  | 54,034  | 95,386  | 4.87%  | 5.77%  | 8.15%  | 10.52%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)  | 1,326  | 2,093  | 3,143  | 3,582  | 0.48%  | 0.48%  | 0.47%  | 0.40%
Asian alone (NH)  | 6,753  | 17,327  | 43,091  | 92,751  | 2.47%  | 4.00%  | 6.50%  | 10.23%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)  | N/A  | 186  | 411  | 650  | N/A  | 0.04%  | 0.06%  | 0.07%
Other race alone (NH)  | 234  | 559  | 1,176  | 3,909  | 0.09%  | 0.13%  | 0.18%  | 0.43%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)  | N/A  | 6,363  | 13,036  | 41,720  | N/A  | 1.47%  | 1.97%  | 4.60%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)  | 19,013  | 52,619  | 120,836  | 182,778  | 6.95%  | 12.15%  | 18.24%  | 20.16%
Total | 273,525 | 432,976 | 662,614 | 906,422 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%

According to the 2010 United States census,[27] there were 662,614 people, 224,840 households and 256,139 housing units in the county. The population density was 754.3 people per square mile (291.2 people/km2). By the 2020 census, its population increased to 906,422,[26] representing continued population growth among suburban communities outside of the principal metropolitan cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. Denton County ranked 29th on the U.S. Census Bureau's list of fastest-growing counties between 2000 and 2007, with a 41.4% increase in population.[3]

In 2010, the racial makeup of the county was 75% White, 8.4% African American, 0.7% Native American, 6.6% Asian, and 3.0% from two or more races. About 18.2% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.[28] The 2020 census determined the racial and ethnic makeup was 53.58% non-Hispanic white, 10.52% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 10.23% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.43% some other race, 4.60% multiracial, and 20.16% Hispanic or Latino American of any race,[26] reflecting state and national demographic trends of greater diversification.[29][30]

A Williams Institute analysis of 2010 census data found about 5.2 same-sex couples per 1,000 households in the county.[31]

## Government and politics

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### Government

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Denton County, like all counties in Texas, is governed by a commissioner's court, which consists of the county judge (the chairperson of the court), who is elected county-wide, and four commissioners who are elected by the voters in each of four districts.

Justices of the peace are county officials with jurisdiction over landlord/tenant issues, small civil claims, certain misdemeanors involving fines only (no jail time), and other matters.[32]

#### County judge and commissioners

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Office | Name | Party

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| County judge  | Andy Eads  | Republican
| Commissioner, Precinct 1  | Ryan Williams  | Republican
| Commissioner, Precinct 2  | Kevin Falconer  | Republican
| Commissioner, Precinct 3  | Bobbie Mitchell  | Republican
| Commissioner, Precinct 4  | Dianne Edmondson  | Republican

#### County officials

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Office | Name | Party

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| District attorney  | Paul Johnson  | Republican
| County clerk  | Juli Luke  | Republican
| District clerk  | David Trantham  | Republican
| Sheriff  | Tracy Murphree  | Republican
| Tax assessor  | Michelle French  | Republican
| Treasurer  | Cindy Yeatts Brown  | Republican

#### Justices of the peace

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Office | Name | Party

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| Precinct 1  | Alan Wheeler  | Republican
| Precinct 2  | James R. DePiazza  | Republican
| Precinct 3  | James Kerbow  | Republican
| Precinct 4  | Harris Hughey  | Republican
| Precinct 5  | Mike Oglesby  | Republican
| Precinct 6  | Blanca Oliver  | Republican

#### Law enforcement

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The Denton Sheriff's Office employs more than 600 people, for the Denton County Sheriff's Office, most in the Detention Bureau.[33] The office operates a county jail that houses up to 1,400 prisoners. The office is co-located with the jail at 127 North Woodrow Lane in the city of Denton.[34]

As of 2021, the current sheriff is Tracy Murphree, who was first elected in 2016.[35] That election was particularly contentious, with previous sheriff William B. Travis dogged by scandal,[36] and new candidate Murphree making headlines for threatening violence against transgender people.[37]

### Politics

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Denton County, like most suburban counties in Texas, is reliably Republican in statewide and national elections, although becoming less so since the 2018 election, when Beto O'Rourke earned 45.52% of the county's votes and two Democrats were elected.[38] The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the county was native Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964,[39] the only time since 1952 that the county has been carried by a Democrat. Denton swung rapidly into the Republican column at the federal level in the 1950s and 1960s as Dallas and Fort Worth's suburbs spilled into the county.

In 2018, former State Representative Michelle Beckley became the first Democrat elected to the state legislature from Denton County since 1984.[40] Her district at the time, the former 65th, was located entirely within Denton County, and included significant portions of Carrollton, Highland Village and Lewisville. Beckley stepped down from the seat in 2022 to run for Lieutenant Governor, and ultimately it was won back by the Republican nominee. [41] Also in 2018, Christopher Lopez was elected to Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6, and became the first Democrat elected at the county level since 2004; Lopez held the JP6 position until a Republican challenger unseated him in 2022.[40]

Despite a Republican advantage, Denton County has trended leftward, as Joe Biden managed to win 45.2% of the vote share (compared to Donald Trump's 53.3%) in the 2020 presidential election, the best result for a Democrat since 1976. Many other suburban Texas counties, including its immediate neighbors in Collin and Tarrant Counties, as well as those around Houston and Austin, showed similar swings between 2016 and 2020. However, in 2024 many of these swung back toward Trump, though Trump carried Denton County by a smaller margin than in 2016.

United States presidential election results for Denton County, Texas[42] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies)

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No.  | % | No.  | % | No.  | %
2024 | 250,521  | 55.77% | 191,503  | 42.63%  | 7,164  | 1.59%
2020 | 222,480  | 53.23% | 188,695  | 45.15%  | 6,789  | 1.62%
2016 | 170,603  | 57.13% | 110,890  | 37.13%  | 17,152  | 5.74%
2012 | 157,579  | 64.91% | 80,978  | 33.35%  | 4,224  | 1.74%
2008 | 149,935  | 61.63% | 91,160  | 37.47%  | 2,168  | 0.89%
2004 | 140,891  | 69.95% | 59,346  | 29.47%  | 1,173  | 0.58%
2000 | 102,171  | 69.60% | 40,144  | 27.35%  | 4,475  | 3.05%
1996 | 65,313  | 58.53% | 36,138  | 32.38%  | 10,145  | 9.09%
1992 | 48,492  | 41.60% | 27,891  | 23.93%  | 40,193  | 34.48%
1988 | 57,444  | 68.22% | 26,204  | 31.12%  | 562  | 0.67%
1984 | 52,865  | 75.74% | 16,772  | 24.03%  | 159  | 0.23%
1980 | 29,908  | 59.93% | 17,381  | 34.83%  | 2,619  | 5.25%
1976 | 20,440  | 51.50% | 18,887  | 47.58%  | 365  | 0.92%
1972 | 19,138  | 66.18% | 9,720  | 33.61%  | 62  | 0.21%
1968 | 8,222  | 43.59% | 7,463  | 39.56%  | 3,178  | 16.85%
1964 | 4,335  | 32.13%  | 9,137  | 67.71% | 22  | 0.16%
1960 | 5,724  | 51.48% | 5,366  | 48.26%  | 29  | 0.26%
1956 | 5,350  | 51.71% | 4,972  | 48.06%  | 24  | 0.23%
1952 | 5,840  | 52.44% | 5,289  | 47.49%  | 8  | 0.07%
1948 | 1,531  | 22.02%  | 4,549  | 65.42% | 873  | 12.56%
1944 | 771  | 10.84%  | 5,584  | 78.54% | 755  | 10.62%
1940 | 899  | 12.33%  | 6,386  | 87.58% | 7  | 0.10%
1936 | 476  | 8.62%  | 5,021  | 90.91% | 26  | 0.47%
1932 | 520  | 9.16%  | 5,115  | 90.10% | 42  | 0.74%
1928 | 2,587  | 51.89% | 2,384  | 47.81%  | 15  | 0.30%
1924 | 712  | 12.27%  | 4,708  | 81.10% | 385  | 6.63%
1920 | 900  | 34.62%  | 1,257  | 48.35% | 443  | 17.04%
1916 | 451  | 13.03%  | 2,844  | 82.15% | 167  | 4.82%
1912 | 189  | 7.25%  | 2,287  | 87.76% | 130  | 4.99%
United States Senate election results for Denton County, Texas1[43] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies)

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No.  | % | No.  | % | No.  | %
2024 | 237,978  | 53.07% | 200,676  | 44.75%  | 9,805  | 2.19%
Denton County vote by party in Class I Senate elections[44] Year  | Democratic | Republican | Other

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2024 | 44.75% 200,676 | 53.07% 237,978 | 2.18% 9,805
2018 | 45.52% 134,649 | 53.67% 158,744 | 0.81% 2,409
2012 | 32.17% 77,314 | 64.17% 154,208 | 3.66% 8,805
2006 | 28.05% 30,198 | 69.64% 74,977 | 2.32% 2,495
Denton County vote by party in Class II Senate elections[44] Year  | Democratic | Republican | Other

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2020 | 41.38% 170,984 | 55.91% 231,025 | 2.71% 11,202
2014 | 27.68% 39,488 | 67.68% 96,561 | 4.65% 6,634
2008 | 34.31% 81,939 | 62.97% 150,389 | 2.73% 6,511
2002 | 29.07% 11,523 | 69.88% 27,697 | 1.04% 413
Denton County vote by party in gubernatorial elections[44] Year  | Democratic | Republican | Other

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2022 | 42.92% 136,389 | 55.70% 177,017 | 1.37% 4,375
2018 | 38.65% 113,808 | 59.25% 174,472 | 2.10% 6,194
2014 | 32.80% 47,238 | 65.05% 93,683 | 2.15% 3,089
2010 | 32.84% 43,073 | 63.84% 83,726 | 3.31% 4,344
2006 | 23.18% 25,156 | 46.90% 50,888 | 29.91% 32,469
2002 | 25.73% 10,167 | 72.34% 28,591 | 1.92% 763

#### United States Representatives

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District  | Name  | Party  | Residence

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| 4th Congressional District | Pat Fallon | Republican  | Sherman
| 13th Congressional District | Ronny Jackson | Republican  | Amarillo
| 26th Congressional District | Brandon Gill | Republican  | Flower Mound
| 32nd Congressional District | Julie Johnson | Democrat  | Farmers Branch

#### Texas state representatives

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District[45] | Name  | Party  | Residence

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| District 57 | Richard Hayes | Republican  | Denton
| District 63 | Ben Bumgarner | Republican  | Flower Mound
| District 64 | Andy Hopper | Republican  | Decatur
| District 65 | Mitch Little | Republican  | Lewisville
| District 106 | Jared Patterson | Republican  | Frisco

#### Texas state senators

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District[45] | Name  | Party  | Residence

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| District 12 | Tan Parker | Republican  | Flower Mound  |
| District 30 | Brent Hagenbuch | Republican  | Denton  |

#### State Board of Education members

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| District 12 | Pam Little  | Republican  | Fairview
| District 14 | Evelyn Brooks  | Republican  | Frisco

## Education

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See also: List of museums in North Texas

### K-12 schools

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These school districts lie entirely within Denton County:[46]

* Argyle Independent School District
* Aubrey Independent School District
* Denton Independent School District
* Lake Dallas Independent School District
* Lewisville Independent School District
* Little Elm Independent School District
* Ponder Independent School District
* Sanger Independent School District

These school districts lie partly within Denton County:

* Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
* Celina Independent School District
* Era Independent School District
* Frisco Independent School District
* Krum Independent School District
* Northwest Independent School District
* Pilot Point Independent School District
* Prosper Independent School District
* Slidell Independent School District

These private educational institutions serve Denton County:

* Denton Calvary Academy
* Coram Deo Academy
* Lakeland Christian Academy
* Liberty Christian School
* Selwyn College Preparatory School

From around 1997 to 2015, the number of non-Hispanic white children in K-12 schools in the county increased by 20,000 as part of a trend of white flight and suburbanization by non-Hispanic white families.[47]

### Colleges and universities

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Hurley Administration Building of UNT.

According to the Texas Education Code, most of Denton County is assigned to North Central Texas College for community college. However, portions within Celina ISD, Prosper ISD, and the municipalities of Frisco and The Colony are instead assigned to Collin College (formerly Collin County Community College), and portions zoned to Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD are assigned to Dallas College (formerly Dallas County Community College District).[48]

These four year higher-education institutions serve Denton County:

* University of North Texas (UNT)
* Texas Woman's University

## Transportation

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The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) operates fixed-route bus services,[49] on-demand GoZone service,[50] and ACCESS paratransit service[51] in the county that includes Denton, Lewisville, and Highland Village. SPAN Transit covers areas outside of Denton and Lewisville.

DCTA also operates the A-train, a commuter rail service that runs from Denton to Carrollton, at which station passengers can switch to the Green Line train owned and operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Passengers can transfer to other DART lines (denominated by different colors) at the downtown Dallas DART station.

The county is home to the Denton Municipal Airport and the Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is located a few miles south of the county.

### Major highways

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* I-35
* I-35E
* I-35W
* I-35 BL
* US 77
* US 377
* US 380
* SH 114
* SH 121 / Sam Rayburn Tollway
* SH 170
* Loop 288
* Pres. George Bush Turnpike

## Notable people

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* Dick Armey, former U.S. House Majority Leader and a chief architect of the Contract with America.[52]
* Joan Blondell, film and television actress, attended UNT (then North Texas State Teacher's College) in 1926–1927.
* Pat Boone, American pop singer, briefly attended UNT.
* Bowling for Soup, American rock band, based in Denton since 1996 and mentioned the county in their song Ohio (Come Back to Texas)
* Terry Bradshaw, former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
* Mason Cox, professional Australian rules footballer, playing for Collingwood in the AFL
* Phyllis George, 1971 Miss America, sportscaster and former First Lady of Kentucky
* Joe Greene, defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1969–1981; 1969 defensive rookie of the year; 1972 and 1974 defensive player of the year; NFL 1970s all-decade team; Hall of Fame
* Jim Hightower, former Texas Agriculture Commissioner
* Norah Jones, UNT jazz major
* Henry Lee Lucas, serial killer, known as the "Confession Killer", committed a 1982 murder in Denton that ultimately led to his arrest[53]
* Meat Loaf, American singer and actor, attended UNT[54]
* Gordon McLendon, radio broadcaster and pioneer, B-movie producer, and conservative political financier
* Laina Morris \- the Overly Attached Girlfriend
* Bill Moyers, White House press secretary in the Johnson Administration (1965–67), attended UNT
* Anne Rice, author, attended TWU and UNT, married in Denton
* Ann Sheridan, the "Oomph Girl", popular actress and singer, born and raised in Denton
* Sly Stone, the musician and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone
* Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil and 69th United States Secretary of State, resident of Bartonville
* Von Erich family, multigenerational professional wrestling family, known for a series of premature deaths sometimes referred to as the Von Erich curse
* Tex Watson, central member of the "Manson family" and leader of the Tate-LaBianca murders in August 1969.

## See also

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* Texas portal

* Denton County Sheriff's Office (Texas)
* Denton County Times
* List of museums in North Texas
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Denton County, Texas
* Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Denton County

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### Further reading

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* "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). TexasAlmanac.com. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
* Bates, Edward (1918). History and Reminiscences of Denton County. Denton, Texas: McNitzky Printing Company. LCCN 19004337. OCLC 2133818. OL 23400877M.
* Bolz, Jim; Bolz, Tricia (2010). Denton County. Postcard History. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-8452-2. OCLC 620741494. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
* Bridges, Clarence (1978). History of Denton, Texas From Its Beginning to 1960. Waco, Texas: Texian Press. ASIN B0006CU42G. OCLC 004235340. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
* "Table 8: Population Estimates for the 100 Fastest Growing U.S. Counties with 10,000 or More Population in 2007: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007" (XLS). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
* Cowling, Mary Jo (1936). Geography of Denton County. Dallas, Texas: Banks, Upshaw, and Company. ASIN B003F8JBE0. LCCN 36-15037. OCLC 2672035. Retrieved September 23, 2011. Alt URL
* Hervey, Hollace (2002). Historic Denton County: An Illustrated History. San Antonio, Texas: Historical Pub Network. ISBN 978-1-893619-07-4. LCCN 2002101353. OCLC 52948987. OL 3572319M. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
* "Denton County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". United States Census Bureau. January 31, 2012. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
* Odom, E. Dale (1996). An Illustrated History of Denton County, Texas: From Peters Colony to Metroplex (First ed.). E.D. Odom. ISBN 0-9651324-0-4.
* Odom, Dale (2010). "Denton County". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
* Sales, Joshua (August 2007). Determining the Suitability of Functional Landscapes and Wildlife Corridors Utilizing Conservation GIS Methods in Denton County, Texas (M.S. thesis). University of North Texas. OCLC 191674292. Retrieved April 16, 2012. Alt URL
* "Monthly Averages for Denton, TX". The Weather Channel. Retrieved April 17, 2012.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denton County, Texas.

* Denton County government's website
* Headlines about Denton County from The Dallas Morning News
* Denton County entry in the Handbook of Texas Online at the University of Texas
* Denton County Texas Almanac Page
* Historic Denton County materials, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
* Captain John B. Denton, preacher, lawyer and soldier. His life and times in Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas by Wm. Allen., published 1905, hosted by the Portal to Texas History

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* Argyle
* Aubrey
* Carrollton‡
* Celina‡
* Coppell‡
* Corinth
* Dallas‡
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* Fort Worth‡
* Frisco‡
* Grapevine‡
* Haslet‡
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* Justin
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* Lewisville‡
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* Pilot Point
* Plano‡
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* Sanger
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* DISH
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* Flower Mound‡
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* Hebron‡
* Hickory Creek
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* Trophy Club‡
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* Drop
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* Marshall Creek
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* Mingo
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