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Village · Lancaster County · Population 189 (2020 census) · ZIP 68339 · Founded 1871 · Peak population 190 (2010)

About Denton

Denton is a village of 189 people (2020) at 1,257 feet about 10 miles west-southwest of downtown Lincoln. Conestoga State Recreation Area is about 2 miles north, and the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center is nearby. Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary is in Denton. Students attend Crete Public Schools. Denton is on Central Time.

History

Denton was founded in 1871 on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad and named for Daniel M. Denton, who owned the town site. It was incorporated in 1913. A fire in 1930 destroyed many of its buildings.

Nearby towns

Pleasant Dale	about 6 mi northwest	County roads
Martell	about 8 mi south-southeast	County roads
Sprague	about 9 mi southeast	County roads
Crete	about 10 mi southwest	County roads
Lincoln	about 10 mi east-northeast	W. Denton Rd.
Roca	about 11 mi east-southeast	County roads
Malcolm	about 12 mi north	County roads

Things to see

the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, 11700 SW 100th St.: more than 1,160 acres of tallgrass prairie, about 4 miles of trails and wagon ruts of the Nebraska City–Fort Kearny cutoff (National Register); free · Conestoga State Recreation Area: a 230-acre lake with camping · Yankee Hill WMA

Schools and health care

Schools: Crete Public Schools (Crete)

Health care: Hospitals: Bryan Medical Center (East and West), CHI Health St. Elizabeth and Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, about 10 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890); NEGenWeb Lancaster County; History Nebraska; National Register; Nebraska Game and Parks; Lower Platte South NRD; City of Lincoln; Lincoln Airport; Nebraska State Capitol; Flatwater Free Press; school districts; city and village sites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.