North Carolina · Census place 3716980
Denton, North Carolina
Denton is a town in Davidson County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,580 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 284th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,580
- #284 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +5.8%
- +87 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 752 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Denton population, 2020 to 2024
Denton added 87 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +30.
Denton covers 2.10 square miles of land, for 752 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Denton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Denton is in
All of Denton's residents live in Davidson County, which had 177,809 residents in 2024. Denton holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Denton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Denton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27239. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Denton is
The Census internal point of Denton is at 35.638000, -80.110200. Raleigh, the capital, is 83.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington, NC (19,904 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is High Point, NC, 25.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.638000, -80.110200
- DMS
- 35°38'16.80"N 80°06'36.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 580561.5E 3944163.1N
- Geohash
- dnr49p9w3
- Plus code
- 867XJVQQ+6W
Daylight in Denton
At 35.64° N, Denton gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Denton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lexington, 14.3 miles away, with 19,904 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Denton, NC?
1,580 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 87 (5.8%) from 1,493 in July 2020.
What county is Denton in?
Davidson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Denton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27239.
How far is Denton from Raleigh?
83.1 miles (133.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Denton.
What is the nearest larger city to Denton?
Lexington, NC, with 19,904 residents, 14.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.