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Denton County, Texas

February 15, 2024

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]

Denton County
County
The Denton County Courts Building, built 1998
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
FoundedApril 11, 1846
Named forJohn B. Denton
SeatDenton
Largest cityDenton
Area
 • Total953 sq mi (2,470 km2)
 • Land878 sq mi (2,270 km2)
 • Water75 sq mi (190 km2)  7.8%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total906,422
 • Estimate 
(2023)
1,006,492
 • Density950/sq mi (370/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts4th, 13th, 26th, 32nd
Websitedentoncounty.gov

History edit

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 edit

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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 edit

Adjacent counties edit

Communities edit

Cities edit

Multiple counties edit

  • 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 edit

Towns edit

Multiple counties edit

Denton County only edit

Census-designated places edit

Unincorporated communities edit

Ghost towns edit

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1850641—
18605,031684.9%
18707,25144.1%
188018,143150.2%
189021,28917.3%
190028,31833.0%
191031,25810.4%
192035,35513.1%
193032,822−7.2%
194033,6582.5%
195041,36522.9%
196047,43214.7%
197075,63359.5%
1980143,12689.2%
1990273,52591.1%
2000432,97658.3%
2010662,61453.0%
2020906,42236.8%
2023 (est.)1,006,492[1]11.0%
Denton County, Texas - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[22] Pop 2020[23] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 426,887 485,646 64.42% 53.58%
Black or African American alone (NH) 54,034 95,386 8.15% 10.52%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 3,143 3,582 0.47% 0.40%
Asian alone (NH) 43,091 92,751 6.50% 10.23%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 411 650 0.06% 0.07%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1,176 3,909 0.18% 0.43%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 13,036 41,720 1.97% 4.60%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 120,836 182,778 18.24% 20.16%
Total 662,614 906,422 100.00% 100.00%

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 can be of any race.

According to the 2010 United States census,[24] 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,[23] 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.[25] 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,[23] reflecting state and national demographic trends of greater diversification.[26][27]

A Williams Institute analysis of 2010 census data found about 5.2 same-sex couples per 1,000 households in the county.[28]

Government and politics edit

Government edit

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.[29]

County judge and commissioners edit

Office Name Party
  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 edit

Office Name Party
  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 edit

Office Name Party
  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 edit

The Denton Sheriff's Office employs more than 600 people, for the Denton County Sheriff's Office, most in the Detention Bureau.[30] 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 county seat of Denton.[31]

As of 2021 the current sheriff is Tracy Murphree, who was first elected in 2016.[32] That election was particularly contentious, with previous sheriff William B. Travis dogged by scandal,[33] and new candidate Murphree making headlines for threatening violence against transgender people.[34]

Politics edit

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.[35] The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the county was native Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964,[36] 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.[37] 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. [38] 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.[37]

Despite a Republican advantage, Denton County continues to trend 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 County and Tarrant County as well as those around Houston and Austin, showed similar swings since 2016.[citation needed]

United States presidential election results for Denton County, Texas[39]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
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%
Denton County vote by party in Class I Senate elections[40]
Year Democratic Republican Other
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[40]
Year Democratic Republican Other
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[40]
Year Democratic Republican Other
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 edit

District Name Party Residence
  4th Congressional District Pat Fallon Republican Sherman
  13th Congressional District Ronny Jackson Republican Amarillo
  26th Congressional District Michael C. Burgess Republican Pilot Point
  32nd Congressional District Colin Allred Democrat Dallas

Texas state representatives edit

District Name Party Residence
  District 57 Richard Hayes Republican Denton
  District 63 Ben Bumgarner Republican Flower Mound
  District 64 Lynn Stucky Republican Sanger
  District 65 Kronda Thimesch Republican Lewisville
  District 106 Jared Patterson Republican Frisco

Texas state senators edit

District Name Party Residence
  District 12 Tan Parker Republican Flower Mound  
  District 30 Drew Springer Republican Muenster  

State Board of Education members edit

District Name Party Residence
  District 12 Pam Little Republican Fairview
  District 14 Evelyn Brooks Republican Frisco

Education edit

See also: List of museums in North Texas

K-12 schools edit

These school districts lie entirely within Denton County:[41]

These school districts lie partly within Denton County:

These private educational institutions serve Denton County:

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.[42]

Colleges and universities edit

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, Proper 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).[43]

These four year higher-education institutions serve Denton County:

Transportation edit

The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) operates fixed-route bus services,[44] on-demand GoZone service,[45] and ACCESS paratransit service[46] 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 edit

Notable people edit

  • Dick Armey, former U.S. House Majority Leader and a chief architect of the Contract with America.[47]
  • 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[48]
  • Meat Loaf, American singer and actor, attended UNT[49]
  • 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 edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Census 2007.
  4. ^ Bridges 1978, pp. 1–26.
  5. ^ a b Odom 2010.
  6. ^ Bates 1918, p. 2.
  7. ^ Bolz & Bolz 2010, p. 7.
  8. ^ Bates 1918, pp. 18–24.
  9. ^ Hervey 2002, p. 9.
  10. ^ Bridges 1978, p. 96.
  11. ^ Bolz & Bolz 2010, p. 9.
  12. ^ Weather 2012.
  13. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  14. ^ Cowling 1936, p. 1.
  15. ^ Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Denton" . The American Cyclopædia.
  16. ^ Sales 2007, pp. 4–5.
  17. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  18. ^ "Census of Population and Housing from 1790". US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
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  46. ^ "Access ADA and Non-ADA, Senior Paratransit | DCTA". www.dcta.net. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
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Further reading edit

  • "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.
  • . 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.). 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 edit

 
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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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 Denton CountyCountyThe Denton County Courts Building built 1998Location within the U S state of TexasTexas s location within the U S Coordinates 33 12 N 97 07 W 33 2 N 97 12 W 33 2 97 12Country United StatesState TexasFoundedApril 11 1846Named forJohn B DentonSeatDentonLargest cityDentonArea Total953 sq mi 2 470 km2 Land878 sq mi 2 270 km2 Water75 sq mi 190 km2 7 8 Population 2020 Total906 422 Estimate 2023 1 006 492 Density950 sq mi 370 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 Central Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Congressional districts4th 13th 26th 32ndWebsitedentoncounty wbr gov Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Lakes 2 2 Adjacent counties 3 Communities 3 1 Cities 3 1 1 Multiple counties 3 1 2 Denton County only 3 2 Towns 3 2 1 Multiple counties 3 2 2 Denton County only 3 3 Census designated places 3 4 Unincorporated communities 3 5 Ghost towns 4 Demographics 5 Government and politics 5 1 Government 5 1 1 County judge and commissioners 5 1 2 County officials 5 1 3 Justices of the peace 5 1 4 Law enforcement 5 2 Politics 5 2 1 United States Representatives 5 2 2 Texas state representatives 5 2 3 Texas state senators 5 2 4 State Board of Education members 6 Education 6 1 K 12 schools 6 2 Colleges and universities 7 Transportation 7 1 Major highways 8 Notable people 9 See also 10 References 10 1 Further reading 11 External linksHistory editSee 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 editDenton TexasClimate chart explanation J F M A M J J A S O N D 2 1 56 33 2 9 60 36 3 2 68 44 3 3 76 52 5 1 83 63 3 6 91 70 2 4 95 74 2 1 96 73 3 1 88 66 5 78 55 2 9 66 44 2 6 57 35 Average max and min temperatures in F Precipitation totals in inchesSource 12 Metric conversionJ F M A M J J A S O N D 52 13 1 74 16 2 82 20 7 83 24 11 130 28 17 91 33 21 61 35 23 54 36 23 78 31 19 126 26 13 74 19 7 65 14 2 Average max and min temperatures in C Precipitation totals in mmAccording 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 edit Lewisville Lake Lake Ray RobertsAdjacent counties edit Cooke County north Grayson County northeast Collin County east Dallas County southeast Tarrant County south Wise County west Communities editCities edit Multiple counties edit 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 edit 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 edit Multiple counties edit 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 edit Argyle Bartonville Copper Canyon Cross Roads DISH Double Oak Draper Hackberry Hickory Creek Lincoln Park Northlake Ponder Providence Village Shady Shores Census designated places edit Lantana Paloma Creek Paloma Creek South SavannahUnincorporated communities edit Alliance partly in Tarrant County Bolivar NavoGhost towns edit Alton Camey Spur Cooper Creek Drop Elizabethtown Green Valley Marshall Creek Mayhill Mingo Mustang Parvin Plainview StonyDemographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 1850641 18605 031684 9 18707 25144 1 188018 143150 2 189021 28917 3 190028 31833 0 191031 25810 4 192035 35513 1 193032 822 7 2 194033 6582 5 195041 36522 9 196047 43214 7 197075 63359 5 1980143 12689 2 1990273 52591 1 2000432 97658 3 2010662 61453 0 2020906 42236 8 2023 est 1 006 492 1 11 0 Denton County Texas Demographic Profile NH Non Hispanic Race Ethnicity Pop 2010 22 Pop 2020 23 2010 2020White alone NH 426 887 485 646 64 42 53 58 Black or African American alone NH 54 034 95 386 8 15 10 52 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 3 143 3 582 0 47 0 40 Asian alone NH 43 091 92 751 6 50 10 23 Pacific Islander alone NH 411 650 0 06 0 07 Some Other Race alone NH 1 176 3 909 0 18 0 43 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 13 036 41 720 1 97 4 60 Hispanic or Latino any race 120 836 182 778 18 24 20 16 Total 662 614 906 422 100 00 100 00 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 can be of any race According to the 2010 United States census 24 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 23 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 25 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 23 reflecting state and national demographic trends of greater diversification 26 27 A Williams Institute analysis of 2010 census data found about 5 2 same sex couples per 1 000 households in the county 28 Government and politics editGovernment edit 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 29 County judge and commissioners edit Office Name Party 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 RepublicanCounty officials edit Office Name Party 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 RepublicanJustices of the peace edit Office Name Party 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 RepublicanLaw enforcement edit The Denton Sheriff s Office employs more than 600 people for the Denton County Sheriff s Office most in the Detention Bureau 30 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 county seat of Denton 31 As of 2021 update the current sheriff is Tracy Murphree who was first elected in 2016 32 That election was particularly contentious with previous sheriff William B Travis dogged by scandal 33 and new candidate Murphree making headlines for threatening violence against transgender people 34 Politics edit 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 35 The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the county was native Texan Lyndon B Johnson in 1964 36 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 37 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 38 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 37 Despite a Republican advantage Denton County continues to trend 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 County and Tarrant County as well as those around Houston and Austin showed similar swings since 2016 citation needed United States presidential election results for Denton County Texas 39 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 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 Denton County vote by party in Class I Senate elections 40 Year Democratic Republican Other2018 45 52 134 649 53 67 158 744 0 81 2 4092012 32 17 77 314 64 17 154 208 3 66 8 8052006 28 05 30 198 69 64 74 977 2 32 2 495Denton County vote by party in Class II Senate elections 40 Year Democratic Republican Other2020 41 38 170 984 55 91 231 025 2 71 11 2022014 27 68 39 488 67 68 96 561 4 65 6 6342008 34 31 81 939 62 97 150 389 2 73 6 5112002 29 07 11 523 69 88 27 697 1 04 413Denton County vote by party in gubernatorial elections 40 Year Democratic Republican Other2022 42 92 136 389 55 70 177 017 1 37 4 3752018 38 65 113 808 59 25 174 472 2 10 6 1942014 32 80 47 238 65 05 93 683 2 15 3 0892010 32 84 43 073 63 84 83 726 3 31 4 3442006 23 18 25 156 46 90 50 888 29 91 32 4692002 25 73 10 167 72 34 28 591 1 92 763United States Representatives edit District Name Party Residence 4th Congressional District Pat Fallon Republican Sherman 13th Congressional District Ronny Jackson Republican Amarillo 26th Congressional District Michael C Burgess Republican Pilot Point 32nd Congressional District Colin Allred Democrat DallasTexas state representatives edit District Name Party Residence District 57 Richard Hayes Republican Denton District 63 Ben Bumgarner Republican Flower Mound District 64 Lynn Stucky Republican Sanger District 65 Kronda Thimesch Republican Lewisville District 106 Jared Patterson Republican FriscoTexas state senators edit District Name Party Residence District 12 Tan Parker Republican Flower Mound District 30 Drew Springer Republican Muenster State Board of Education members edit District Name Party Residence District 12 Pam Little Republican Fairview District 14 Evelyn Brooks Republican FriscoEducation editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2016 See also List of museums in North Texas K 12 schools edit These school districts lie entirely within Denton County 41 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 DistrictThese 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 DistrictThese private educational institutions serve Denton County Denton Calvary Academy Coram Deo Academy Lakeland Christian Academy Liberty Christian School Selwyn College Preparatory SchoolFrom 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 42 Colleges and universities edit 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 Proper 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 43 These four year higher education institutions serve Denton County University of North Texas UNT Texas Woman s UniversityTransportation editThe Denton County Transportation Authority DCTA operates fixed route bus services 44 on demand GoZone service 45 and ACCESS paratransit service 46 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 edit nbsp I 35 nbsp I 35E nbsp I 35W nbsp I 35 BL nbsp US 77 nbsp US 377 nbsp US 380 nbsp SH 114 nbsp nbsp SH 121 Sam Rayburn Tollway nbsp SH 170 nbsp Loop 288 nbsp Pres George Bush TurnpikeNotable people editDick Armey former U S House Majority Leader and a chief architect of the Contract with America 47 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 48 Meat Loaf American singer and actor attended UNT 49 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 edit nbsp Texas portalDenton 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 CountyReferences edit a b U S Census Bureau QuickFacts Denton County Texas US Census Bureau Retrieved January 31 2022 Find a County National Association of Counties Retrieved June 7 2011 a b Census 2007 Bridges 1978 pp 1 26 a b Odom 2010 Bates 1918 p 2 Bolz amp Bolz 2010 p 7 Bates 1918 pp 18 24 Hervey 2002 p 9 Bridges 1978 p 96 Bolz amp Bolz 2010 p 9 Weather 2012 US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 United States Census Bureau February 12 2011 Retrieved April 23 2011 Cowling 1936 p 1 Ripley George Dana Charles A eds 1879 Denton The American Cyclopaedia Sales 2007 pp 4 5 Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades US Census Bureau Census of Population and Housing from 1790 US Census Bureau Retrieved January 24 2022 Almanac 2010 US Census 2020 Population Dataset Tables for all Texas counties United States Census Bureau Retrieved January 31 2022 Denton County Texas United States Census Bureau Retrieved January 30 2022 P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2010 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Denton County Texas United States Census Bureau a b c P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Denton County Texas United States Census Bureau U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved May 14 2011 Quickfacts 2012 Ura Alexa Kao Jason Astudillo Carla Essig Chris August 12 2021 People of color make up 95 of Texas population growth and cities and suburbs are booming 2020 census shows The Texas Tribune Retrieved July 14 2022 New Census Reflects Growing U S Population Diversity with Children in the Forefront Carsey School of Public Policy UNH October 4 2021 Retrieved July 14 2022 Leonhardt David Quealy Kevin June 26 2015 Where Same Sex Couples Live The New York Times Archived from the original on June 29 2015 Retrieved July 6 2015 Texas Justice of the Peace County org Retrieved February 2 2022 Jail Administration Dentoncounty com Retrieved February 13 2017 Google Maps Google com sa Retrieved April 30 2016 Murphree Tracy Message from Sheriff Murphree Dentoncounty com Retrieved February 13 2017 McPhate Christian Denton s Scandal Prone Sheriff Dallas Observer Retrieved December 12 2021 Perera John Henry April 25 2016 Report Denton GOP candidate for sheriff threatens to beat transgender people Chron com Retrieved December 12 2021 Denton County TX Elections Votedenton com Retrieved July 5 2020 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century Archived 2016 11 16 at the Wayback Machine America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 a b Peggy Heinkel Wolfe Caitlyn Jones Dalton LaFerney Five takeaways for Denton County voters after Tuesday s election Denton Record Chronicle Retrieved July 5 2020 Texas House District 65 Texas Tribune Retrieved July 12 2019 Leip David Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Archived from the original on March 23 2018 Retrieved April 25 2018 a b c votedenton gov Retrieved January 26 2023 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Denton County TX PDF U S Census Bureau Archived PDF from the original on October 9 2022 Retrieved June 30 2022 Text list Nicholson Eric May 3 2016 In Dallas White Flight Never Ends Dallas Observer Retrieved October 29 2019 EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 130 JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS statutes capitol texas gov Denton Connect DCTA www dcta net Retrieved February 4 2022 GoZone On Demand DCTA www dcta net Retrieved February 4 2022 Access ADA and Non ADA Senior Paratransit DCTA www dcta net Retrieved February 4 2022 The Rise and Fall of Scott Armey Dmagazine com November 2002 Retrieved February 2 2022 Docuseries Confession Killer offers complete portrait of Henry Lee Lucas Denton Record Chronicle December 5 2019 Retrieved February 2 2022 Meat Loaf North Texan Northtexan unt edu Retrieved February 2 2022 Further reading edit 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 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 edit nbsp 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 33 12 N 97 07 W 33 20 N 97 12 W 33 20 97 12 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Denton County Texas amp oldid 1197813880, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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