denton county

FARM-TOTABLE AID

DENTON’S SHILOH FIELD COMMUNITY GARDEN IS THE LARGEST COMMUNITY GARDEN IN AMERICA. THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GROWN ON ITS 14 ½ ACRES ARE

PLANTED, TENDED TO AND HARVESTED BY VOLUNTEERS, THEN DONATED TO FOOD PANTRIES AND KITCHENS TO FEED THE HUNGRY IN DENTON COUNTY.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF JOHN B. DENTON, THE COUNTY’S AND CITY’S NAMESAKE.

HOME TO THE IMPRESSIVE Lewisville Lake, portions of the Cross Timbers and Blackland prairie, Denton County is a natural beauty. With over 45,000 students enrolled at the two universities within the county seat, Denton is often characterized as a college town but is also known for its music scene, arts festivals and the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo. 2

Growing Younger

SINCE 2014, DENTON COUNTY’S YOUTH POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY MORE 10 PERCENT, FROM 188,538 TO 208,142 IN 2019; THAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH IN THE REGION.

THIS IVORY SATIN GOWN WITH BLACK SPANISH LACE (A REPRODUCTION BASED ON THE ONE WORN BY HANNAH ESTE BURNET IN 1836), MAMIE EISENHOWER’S GOLD BROCADE GOWN, AND CECILIA ABBOTT’S SCARLET RED, SILK COUTURE BALL GOWN ARE AMONG THE 47 GOWNS IN THE TEXAS FIRST LADIES HISTORIC GOWN COLLECTION AT TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY. GOWNS DONATED BY PRESIDENTIAL FIRST LADIES ALSO INCLUDE GARMENTS WORN BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON, BARBARA BUSH AND LAURA BUSH.

Safe And Sound

TWO OF THE TOP 3 SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS ARE LOCATED IN DENTON COUNTY: TROPHY CLUB AND HIGHLAND VILLAGE . IN SAFEWISE’S 2023 “TEXAS’ 50 SAFEST CITIES” REPORT, WHICH CALCULATES FBI CRIME DATA, TROPHY CLUB TOOK THE NO. 1 SPOT FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, WHILE HIGHLAND VILLAGE CAME IN AT NO. 3. PROSPER, FLOWER MOUND AND CELINA ALSO MADE THE TOP 20.