Denton, Mississippi

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Denton, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Denton, Mississippi
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Denton, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°08′46″N90°18′45″W / 34.14611°N 90.31250°W / 34.14611; -90.31250
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Quitman
Elevation
154 ft (47 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID691811 [1]

Denton is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Denton is located on Mississippi Highway 3, south of Lambert.

Denton is located on the Canadian National Railway. [2]

A post office operated under the name Denton from 1910 to 1922. [3]

The Denton Site, an important archaeological site from the Archaic period in Mississippi, is located near the community. [4] The Denton type projectile point is named for the Denton site. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Denton, Mississippi
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Denton, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Quitman County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ "History". Quitman County, Mississippi. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ Rego, Justin P. (August 2010). A Lithic Technological Analysis of the Nunnery Collection Bifaces from the Toby-Thornhill Site in Lauderdale County, Mississippi (Masters thesis). Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Department of Anthropology. p. 106.


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