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Denton County
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county in Texas, United States
Denton County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is home to several growing cities and serves as part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Denton
- Capital
- Denton
- Population
- 906422
- Area
- 2481
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Dallas County
- Official website
- www.dentoncounty.gov
- Image
- Denton County Courts Building.jpg
- Households
- 300585
Show 10 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Denton County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-04-11
- Commons category
- Denton County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Denton County, Texas
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Denton County, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Denton County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 7.8
- native label
- Denton County
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex
- per capita income
- 42498
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Encyclopedic overview
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. The county seat is Denton. 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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Denton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.