COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1846

COUNTY NAMED FOR: It was named for John Bunyan Denton, an eastern Fannin County Methodist preacher, lawyer, and Indian fighter.

COUNTY SEATS: Three - Pinckneyville, Alton, and Denton.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Same as the county

COURTHOUSES: Five- 1851, 1858, 1877, 1896, and 1998

STANDING: Two -1896 eclectic style courthouse. The stone structure mixes Second Empire elements with Romanesque Revival, and has eighty pink granite pillars. Also standing is the 1998 Modern structure.

LINKS: Denton County