Denton County, Texas

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
Founded	April 11, 1846
Named for	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)^[1]
• Total	906,422
• Density	950/sq mi (370/km²)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Website	dentoncounty.gov

Denton County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 906,422 people lived there.^[1] The county seat is Denton.

History

The county was made in 1846. It was named after John B. Denton.

The county has a total area of 953 square miles.

These school districts are in Denton County:

Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Counties	Collin Dallas Denton Ellis Hood Hunt Johnson Kaufman Parker Rockwall Somervell Tarrant Wise
Major cities	Dallas Fort Worth Arlington
Cities and towns 100k–300k	Allen Carrollton Denton Frisco Garland Grand Prairie Irving Lewisville McKinney Mesquite Plano Richardson
Cities and towns 25k–99k	Balch Springs Bedford Burleson Cedar Hill Cleburne Colleyville The Colony Coppell DeSoto Duncanville Euless Farmers Branch Flower Mound Grapevine Greenville Haltom City Hurst Keller Lancaster Little Elm Mansfield Midlothian North Richland Hills Prosper Rockwall Rowlett Sachse Southlake University Park Waxahachie Weatherford Wylie
Cities and towns 10k–25k	Addison Anna Azle Benbrook Celina Corinth Crowley Ennis Fairview Fate Forest Hill Forney Glenn Heights Granbury Highland Village Melissa Murphy Princeton Red Oak Rendon Royse City Saginaw Seagoville Terrell Trophy Club Watauga White Settlement

Municipalities and communities of Denton County, Texas, United States
County seat: Denton
Cities	Argyle Aubrey Carrollton‡ Celina‡ Coppell‡ Corinth Dallas‡ Denton Fort Worth‡ Frisco‡ Grapevine‡ Haslet‡ Highland Village Justin Krugerville Krum Lake Dallas Lakewood Village Lewisville‡ Little Elm Oak Point Pilot Point Plano‡ Roanoke Sanger Southlake‡ The Colony
Towns	Bartonville Copper Canyon Cross Roads DISH Double Oak Draper Flower Mound‡ Hackberry Hebron‡ Hickory Creek Northlake Ponder Prosper‡ Providence Village Shady Shores Trophy Club‡ Westlake‡
CDPs	Lantana Paloma Creek Paloma Creek South Savannah
Other unincorporated communities	Alliance‡ Bolivar Drop Lincoln Park Navo
Ghost towns	Alton Elizabethtown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties