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Denton, city, seat (1857) of Denton county, northern Texas, U.S. Denton is situated about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Dallasā€“Fort Worth. Permanently settled in 1857 and named for John B. Denton, a Texas frontiersman, Denton is largely a cultural, research, and educational centre; institutions include the University of North Texas (1890), Texas Womanā€™s University (1901), North Central Texas (junior) College (1924), and Denton State School (1960) for the intellectually disabled. It is the site...

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