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Welcome to Denton ...So far, we found very little information about Denton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Denton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Denton, please Contact Us. Denton would have been located within present day Colbert County<2>. The location of Denton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Denton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. While the community is gone, the present day location for Denton is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Denton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Denton once stood is in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Denton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Denton - they are located in Arkansas (2), Georgia (2), Idaho (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Denton. Communities near Denton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Denton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Denton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Denton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Denton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Denton. See our Newspapers Page for Denton. Adding Denton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Denton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Denton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Denton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Denton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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