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Krum is a city in west-central Denton County, Texas, on Farm Road 1173 about seven miles northwest of Denton.

Krum began in the fall of 1886, when farmer L. L. Finley sold 200 acres of his land to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway for a townsite.

The railroad named the new community for one of its officials, Charles K. Krum.

In 1900 the railroad shipped at least half a million bushels of wheat out of Krum, prompting the claim that Krum was the "largest inland grain market in the world."

By 1905 four grain elevator operations were running in Krum, including the Flour Mill and Elevator Company, making wheat the backbone of the early town.

Krum's first schoolhouse was moved into town in 1891 and placed on the ground where Krum High School stands today.

Krum's population peaked at about 750 around 1925, then fell below 300 during the Great Depression as trade shifted to larger markets.

Dallas-Fort Worth suburban sprawl reversed Krum's decline: its population jumped from 1,979 in 2000 to 4,157 in 2010 and 5,483 in 2020.

The Census Bureau estimated Krum's population at about 6,808 by July 2025, making it one of the faster-growing small cities in Denton County.

The 2020 census counted 1,844 households in Krum, and recent Census figures show about 3.07 people per household with roughly 76% of homes owner-occupied.