Denton County, Texas was created out of Fannin County on April 11, 1846, shortly after the state abandoned its dream of being a Republic and joined the United States. 

The first Anglo settlements in Denton County began in the mid-1840s near Hebron in the southeast corner of the county, Pilot Point in the northeast and Little Elm on the eastern border with Collin County. Pioneer settlements soon spread north and south through the east Cross Timbers and into the Grand Prairie. 

Denton County and its county seat, The City of Denton, were named in honor of John Bunard Denton, a pioneer preacher and lawyer who was killed in an Indian battle in 1841. Few historical accounts of John B. Denton exist. However, all of the scattered accounts, although most are highly romanticized, agree that he was an eloquent speaker and leader who left his mark on Northeast Texas. 

Denton embarked on a course that made it a center for higher education when North Texas Normal College, now the University on North Texas, was established in 1890 and the College of Industrial Arts, now Texas Woman's University, was created in 1901.  

Denton County today is also a center for horse ranching and light industry and a balanced farming region producing wheat, cotton, beef, and dairy cattle. Lewisville, Carrollton, Flower Mound, The Colony and Denton are the major urban centers.
 

 







Water Source: Lake Ray Roberts & Lewisville Lake


Universities, Trade Schools, Specialty Training:
-University of North Texas
-Texas Woman's University
-North Central Texas College


Area Lakes:
-Lake Lewisville

-Lake Ray Roberts

-Lake Grapevine


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Largest Employers:
-University of North Texas
-Texas Woman's University
-Peterbilt Motors
-Presbyterian Hospital of Denton