Denton grew rapidly from , when the population was 26,, to , when it was 48, Proximity to Dallas and Fort Worth, with good interstate highway connections, played a major role. Steady and at times rapid growth of enrollment at the two universities was important also.
In the city gained a third large state institution when the Denton State School , a school for the intellectually disabled, was established. By it had 1, students and several hundred employees. In the regional office of the Federal Civil Defense Administration moved from Dallas to Denton, and a few years later a large underground shelter was completed. For a time it was the only FCDA underground shelter and was designated as the place from which the president of the United States and other federal officials would direct the country in case of attack.
After the city added many new residents as a result of the opening of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport , which is closer to Denton than to many parts of Dallas and Fort Worth. Many airline employees and executives who traveled for major companies took up residence in southeast Denton, the most rapidly growing residential area of the city by the s. Furthermore, such older manufacturing firms with significant employment as Moore's Business Forms and Morrison Milling Company were joined during the s and s by heavy manufacturing companies like Victor Equipment Company and Peterbilt, along with several additional light industrial concerns.
All of them provided increased employment for local labor. The opening of Golden Triangle Shopping Mall in began drawing shoppers from surrounding areas.
Agriculture, while proportionately declining in significance as an economic stimulus, nevertheless remained important to the city. The city and county were named for John B.
Denton , a minister killed while defending frontier settlers. Woodruff, fellow surveyor C. Lacy, and attorney Otis Welch platted the townsite. In city lots were auctioned, the post office opened, and a church was founded. Blount, Joseph A. Carroll, W. Egan, and I. Ferguson were pioneer leaders. A cotton gin and plants for making bricks, corn meal, flour and ice soon developed. The "Monitor," a newspaper, began its career in Sam Bass , legendary western outlaw, trained and raced "The Denton Mare" while living and working as a local farm hand.
Agriculture-related businesses, education, and small factories sustain the economy. The city grew from 1, in its first census to 39, by Malone and Welch Streets paid homage to early pioneer families.
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