Denton is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Callahan County
Callahan County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 13,708. Its county seat is Baird, Texas, Baird. The county was founded in 1858 and late ...
, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
.
According to the
Handbook of Texas
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
, only 6 people lived in the community in 2000. It is located within the
Abilene metropolitan area
The Abilene metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan statistical area in west-central Texas that covers three counties— Taylor, Jones, and Callahan. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 176,579.
Counties
* Callahan
* ...
.
Geography
Denton is located on
Texas State Highway 36
State Highway 36 (SH 36) runs from Freeport to Abilene. It was designated as the 36th Division Memorial Highway between Cameron and Sealy by the Texas Legislature in 1985.
History
SH 36 was originally proposed on November 21, 1917, as a rou ...
, southwest of
Baird in western Callahan County.
It is also on
Farm to Market Road 604.
Education
Today, the community is served by the
Clyde Consolidated Independent School District
Clyde Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in Clyde, Texas (USA).
Located in Callahan County, portions of the district extend into Shackelford, Jones, and Taylor counties.
In 2009, the school district wa ...
.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Caldwell County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas