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History · Denton

Denton’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Denton was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1930.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Denton began

When was Denton founded?

1906

The Denton post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 215 in 19302020 census: 189120 years
Founding year: the first Denton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Denton’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Denton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 335 in 1990; 189 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Denton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Denton, census by census

010020030019401960198020002020Peak: 335

Peaked at 335 in 1990; 189 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Denton’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Denton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Denton.

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The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1911 as the "Town of Denton". The community most likely was named after Samuel Denton, an early settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Denton, 1906 to 1990

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Denton post office opens
  3. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 335
By decade

Denton, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Denton city limit US221SB2015Denton city limit US221SBDenton city limit US221NB2015Denton city limit US221NBDenton Water Tower2015Denton Water TowerDenton Post Office2015Denton Post OfficeDenton Fire Department and Community Center2015Denton Fire Department and Community CenterDenton City Hall2015Denton City Hall
On the map

Denton on the map, 1971 to 1988

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Denton. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Denton on the 1971 USGS mapDenton on the 1988 USGS map1971Denton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Denton.

Questions about Denton’s history

What year was Denton founded?

The Denton post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.