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Bartonville is a small town in south-central Denton County, about eight miles south of Denton in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Bartonville began as part of the Chinn's Chapel settlement, founded in 1853 by Elisha Chinn, which later split into the three small communities of Bartonville, Shiloh, and Waketon — Bartonville is the only one that survives as a town.

The community was settled in 1878 and named for T. Bent Barton, whose family owned the general store, gristmill, and cotton gin that served its 25 residents in 1890.

Bartonville's post office opened in 1886 and closed in 1905, and the town's population had reached only about 300 by 1930.

Fearing annexation by expanding cities such as Irving, Bartonville first incorporated in 1960 — then taking in Double Oak and Copper Canyon as well — but residents voted to disincorporate a few years later once the threat faded.

The present town of Bartonville incorporated again in 1973 and covers about 6.8 square miles.

Bartonville has grown steadily with the Metroplex, from 849 residents in 1990 to 1,469 in 2010 and 1,725 at the 2020 census.

Bartonville borders the master-planned Lantana development of more than 3,400 homes, a sharp contrast with its own spacious, semi-rural lots.

Bartonville lies between Lewisville Lake and Grapevine Lake, near the crook where Interstates 35E and 35W split south of Denton.