Denton Wedding

Denton is a city in the United States, and is the county seat of Denton County, Texas. It is home to two major universities, the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University.

Denton was founded in 1856 because of the need for a county seat. Denton, as well as Denton County, was named after John B. Denton, a prominent Methodist lawyer and Native-American fighter. The city was ultimately incorporated in 1866, when J.B. Sawyer was elected the first mayor.

The current mayor of Denton, as of 2006, is Perry McNeill.

Geographically, Denton is located at the at the northern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, at the intersection of I-35, US-380, and US-377. It is here that I-35 splits into I-35E (toward Dallas) and I-35W (toward Fort Worth); they rejoin south of the Metroplex at Hillsboro.

Denton is located at 331259N, 97745W (33.216296, -97.129194)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 161.4 km (62.3 mi). 159.3 km (61.5 mi) of it is land and 2.1 km (0.8 mi) of it (1.33%) is water.