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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Denton County, Texas

 
Clickable Map of Denton County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Denton County, TX (107) Collin County, TX (182) Cooke County, TX (41) Dallas County, TX (393) Grayson County, TX (104) Tarrant County, TX (349) Wise County, TX (60)  DentonCounty(107) Denton County (107)  CollinCounty(182) Collin County (182)  CookeCounty(41) Cooke County (41)  DallasCounty(393) Dallas County (393)  GraysonCounty(104) Grayson County (104)  TarrantCounty(349) Tarrant County (349)  WiseCounty(60) Wise County (60)
Denton is the county seat for Denton County
Adjacent to Denton County, Texas
      Collin County (182)  
      Cooke County (41)  
      Dallas County (393)  
      Grayson County (104)  
      Tarrant County (349)  
      Wise County (60)  
 
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101 Texas, Denton County, Sanger — 4568 — Sanger Presbyterian Church
Founded 1896, in 1902 built this structure on land given by Jack R. Sullivan, a Baptist. With town's best auditorium, this became site of school and civic programs; elocution and music were taught here. Community bought building when congregation . . . Map (db m192652) HM
102 Texas, Denton County, The Colony — Belz Road Bridge at Duck CreekDenton County Historic Landmark
Belz Road Bridge is a four-panel Warren pony truss steel bridge erected in the early 1900s. It crossed Duck Creek in northwestern Denton County on land purchased by Josh B. Nance in 1898. Belz Road was named for the Alfred and Bertha Belz family . . . Map (db m191886) HM
103 Texas, Denton County, The Colony — 508 — Bridges Cemetery
Bridges settlement, named for the W. A. Bridges family and reportedly the oldest in Denton County, began in 1843 and was a center of activity of the Peters Colony. This cemetery, on land granted to Bridges in 1850, dates to 1855, although illegible . . . Map (db m212316) HM
104 Texas, Denton County, The Colony — 22723 — David Gregory Fox Jr.(August 17, 1923 - December 25, 2003)
Born in Casper, Wyoming, David G. Fox Jr. graduated from Highland Park High School and then attended Texas A&M University for a year and a half before serving as a Navy pilot in World War II. After the war, Fox continued his education at Southern . . . Map (db m234597) HM
105 Texas, Denton County, The Colony — 5351 — The Hedgcoxe War
Distribution of land in the Peters Colony of North Texas triggered a dispute known as the Hedgcoxe War. The Texas Emigration & Land Co. organized the colony under an 1841 Republic of Texas law which allowed it to keep one-half of a settler's . . . Map (db m184815) HM
106 Texas, Denton County, Westlake — 4285 — Roanoke I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Although few records exist of the Roanoke I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Oddfellows) Lodge No. 421, it is known that lodge members purchased land at this site in 1897 for use as a burial ground. Consisting of approximately five and one-half acres, . . . Map (db m184583) HM
107 Texas, Denton County, Westlake — Westlake and the Circle T Ranch
The Circle T Ranch was established by J. Glenn Turner, a prominent Texas attorney in 1952. Mr. Turner was an avid outdoorsman and rancher who raised Black Angus and Charolaise cattle, as well as Tennessee Walking horses. Being a successful . . . Map (db m107373) HM

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