Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Denton, NC

Denton is a town in southern Davidson County, 17 miles southeast of Lexington, the county seat.

Denton grew up as Finch's Cross Roads around land Richardson Finch bought in 1819; the hill at East Salisbury Street and Highway 109 is still called Red Hill locally.

The Denton post office opened on July 12, 1878 — resident Samuel Moses Peacock suggested the name 'Denton,' inspired by a town in Texas, and served as the first postmaster when only four families lived within the present town limits.

The North Carolina General Assembly incorporated the Town of Denton on March 11, 1907, and J. E. Varner served as its first mayor.

In the railroad era Denton became a major producer of railroad cross ties, shipping nearly 200,000 a year during the peak years of 1917-1918, which earned it the nickname 'The Cross Tie Capital of the Country.'

The 2020 census counted 1,494 people in Denton, living in 671 households and 403 families.

The Southeast Old Threshers' Reunion, described as the largest antique tractor and engine show in the Southeast, takes over Denton FarmPark every July 4 holiday; the 48th annual event in 2018 drew over 50,000 people from 20 states across five days.

Denton FarmPark also hosts the Country Christmas Train, the Malpass Brothers Country & Bluegrass Music Festival, and a fall Fun on the Farm festival.

Four Denton properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Adderton-Badgett House, the Chapel Hill Church Tabernacle, the Mor-Val Hosiery Mill, and Mount Ebal Methodist Protestant Church.

Denton students attend South Davidson High School, just north of the town limits — the smallest high school in Davidson County — while Silver Valley Elementary is the county school system's smallest elementary school.