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Denton, TX city map; outlines and buildings updated in 2023. Denton is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Denton County.With a population of 139,869 as of 2020, [12] it is the 20th-most populous city in Texas, the 177th-most populous city in the United States, and the 12th-most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
In 1875, a group of 27 formerly enslaved families from the White Rock area of Dallas arrived in Denton. They purchased land south of the Denton town square, within the Denton city limits, to create a new settlement they called Freedman Town. [2] In 1878, Denton’s first school for Black children opened, the Fred Douglass School.
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 ...
No longer exists. Originally called Toadsuck Saloon. In the vernacular of its era, a "suck" sometimes referred to a whirlpool. [485] Tokio: Terry [486] Tolbert: Wilbarger: Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. [487] Toyah: Reeves: Semi-abandoned site [488] Toyahvale: Reeves [489] Towash: Hill: No longer ...
Owing to its original history as part of Frisco, [citation needed] The Colony is located inside the community college district of Collin College, [63] unlike most other places in Denton County. However, since residents of The Colony do not pay taxes to said district they must pay out-of-county tuition rates to attend the college.
The first settlement at Bigfoot was made in the 1860s, but the community was called "Connally's Store" until the post office was established in 1883. [4] The present name is in honor of Texas Ranger William A. A. "Bigfoot" Wallace, [5] a former resident of the town.
The Texas State Historical Association publishes an encyclopedia on Texas history, geography, and culture called the Handbook of Texas. [10] In Norway, "Texas" is used as slang for something chaotic and uncontrolled, as influenced from popular Norwegian depictions of cowboy culture and Western literature associated with Texas. "Der var helt texas!
Golden Triangle Mall is an enclosed, single-level shopping mall located at the intersection of Loop 288 and I-35E in Denton, Texas, United States. It contains seven current anchors, a playplace , and total leasable floor area of 764,719 sq ft (71,044.7 m 2 ) total.