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Denison, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Denison, Texas

| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline = DenisonTexas1.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| image_caption = Denison Commercial Historic District

| image_flag = Flag of Denison, Texas.svg

| image_map = Grayson County Denison.svg

| mapsize = 250px

| map_caption = Location of Denison, Texas

| pushpin_map = USA Texas#USA

| pushpin_label = Denison

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas##Location in the United States

| pushpin_relief = yes

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Texas}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Grayson

| government_type = Council-manager

| leader_title = City Council

| leader_name =

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1872

| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

| area_total_km2 = 75.27

| area_total_sq_mi = 29.06

| area_land_km2 = 74.09

| area_land_sq_mi = 28.61

| area_water_km2 = 1.18

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.46

| area_water_percent = 1.94

| area_urban_km2 =

| area_urban_sq_mi =

| area_metro_km2 =

| area_metro_sq_mi =

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_note =

| population_total = 24479

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| population_blank1_title = Demonyms

| population_blank1 = Denisonite, Denisonian

| timezone = Central (CST)

| utc_offset = −6

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = −5

| coordinates = {{coord|33|44|59|N|96|33|27|W|region:US-TX_type:city(23,000)|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 222

| elevation_ft = 728

| postal_code_type = ZIP Codes

| postal_code = 75020–75021

| area_code = 903, 430

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 48-19900

| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank1_info = 2410322{{GNIS|2410322}}

| website = {{URL|www.cityofdenison.com}}

| footnotes =

}}

Denison is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States, {{convert|1|mi}} south of the Texas–Oklahoma border. Its population was 24,479 at the 2020 census, up from 22,682 at the 2010 census.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4819900| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Denison city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=March 15, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Denison is part of the Texoma region and is one of two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area. Denison is the birthplace of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

History

Denison was founded in 1872 in conjunction with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) or "Katy" depot.{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hed04|title=DENISON, TX|first=MINOR|last=DAVID|date=12 June 2010|website=www.tshaonline.org}} It was named after wealthy Katy vice president George Denison.{{cite web|url=http://www.smalltownbigart.com/history1.htm|title=Introductory history of Denison Texas|access-date=2007-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625134302/http://www.smalltownbigart.com/history1.htm|archive-date=2007-06-25|url-status=dead}} Because the town was established close to where the MKT crossed the Red River (both important conduits of transportation in the industrial era), it came to be an important commercial center in the 19th-century American West. In 1875, Doc Holliday had offices in Denison.

File:Rusk Avenue looking north, Denison, Texas.jpg

During the phylloxera epidemic of the mid-19th century, which destroyed the vast majority of wine grapes in Europe, Denison horticulturalist T.V. Munson pioneered methods in creating phylloxera-resistant vines, and earned induction into the French Legion of Honor, as well as sister city status for Denison and Cognac, France.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvmunson.org/index.htm#legacy|title=T.V. Munson Vidiculture Eunology Program|access-date=2007-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221232002/http://www.tvmunson.org/index.htm#legacy|archive-date=2007-02-21|url-status=dead}}

In 1901, the first electric "Interurban" railway in Texas, the Denison and Sherman Railway, was completed between Denison and Sherman.{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqe12|title=ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS|first=RIEDER, ROBERT|last=A.|date=12 June 2010|website=www.tshaonline.org}}

In 1915, Kentucky-based evangelist Mordecai Ham held a revival meeting in Denison, which resulted in 1,100 professions of faith in Jesus Christ.Jerry Hopkins of East Texas Baptist University, "Evangelist Mordecai F. Ham's West Texas Meetings, 1903–1940", paper at East Texas Historical Association and West Texas Historical Association joint meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, February 26, 2010

Denison played host to 20th-century notables such as the Marx Brothers{{cite web|url=http://www.leninimports.com/marx_brothers.html|title=the marx brothers - biography|website=www.leninimports.com}} and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison.{{cite book| last=D'Este| first=Carlo| title=Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life |year=2003 |place=New York |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0-8050-5687-4 |pages=21–22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCeteK7LEiYC&pg=PA21}}

Geography

Denison is located in northeastern Grayson County, with the city limits extending north to the Red River, which forms the Oklahoma state line. It is bordered to the south by the city of Sherman; the city centers are {{convert|11|mi}} apart.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Denison has a total area of {{convert|60.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.2|km2|order=flip}}, or 1.94%, are covered by water.

Denison Dam, which forms Lake Texoma on the Red River, is {{Convert|5|mi|0}} north of Denison. The lake is in the center of the Texoma region, encompassing parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

=Climate=

Denison has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification).

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1880= 3975

|1890= 10958

|1900= 11807

|1910= 13632

|1920= 17065

|1930= 13850

|1940= 15581

|1950= 17504

|1960= 22748

|1970= 24923

|1980= 23884

|1990= 21505

|2000= 22773

|2010= 22682

|2020= 24479

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

}}

class="wikitable"

|+Denison racial composition as of 2020{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4819900&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}
(NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/en.html|title=Census.gov|website=Census.gov|accessdate=21 December 2022}}{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}}}

!Race

!Number

!Percentage

White (NH)

|16,676

|68.12%

Black or African American (NH)

|2,003

|8.18%

Native American or Alaska Native (NH)

|471

|1.92%

Asian (NH)

|188

|0.77%

Pacific Islander (NH)

|6

|0.02%

Some other race (NH)

|59

|0.24%

Mixed/multiracial (NH)

|1,851

|7.56%

Hispanic or Latino

|3,225

|13.17%

Total

|24,479

|

As of the 2020 United States census, 24,479 people, 9,361 households, and 6,038 families were residing in the city.

Economy

= Major employers =

File:Texoma Medical Center.jpg

Major employers in Denison include:{{cite web|url=http://www.denisontx.org/community/Employers|title=Denison Development Alliance: Community Profile|website=www.denisontx.org|access-date=2016-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611161823/http://www.denisontx.org/community/Employers|archive-date=2015-06-11|url-status=dead}}

Arts and culture

File:Denison July 2016 16 (Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site).jpg

The Grayson County Frontier Village in Denison contains 11 of the oldest homes in Grayson County that were moved here for preservation.[http://www.graysoncofrontiervillage.us Welcome to Frontier Village & Museum]

Sports

Former minor league baseball teams include the Denison Katydids, Denison Blue Sox, Denison Champions, Denison Railroaders, and Sherman–Denison Twins.

Munson Stadium seats 5,262 people and is used primarily for football. It is the home field of Denison High School's football and soccer teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbob.com/stadium/stadium.php?id=685|title=TexasBob.com - Munson Stadium - Denison, Texas|website=www.texasbob.com}} The Denison High School football team won the 1984 Texas Class 4A State Championship by beating Tomball 27–13, completing a perfect 16–0 record. They also made appearances in the 1995, 1996, and 1997 Class 4A Division II State Championship games, losing each time to La Marque.[http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/archives/football/champions.html UIL State Football Champions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212020748/http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/archives/football/champions.html |date=February 12, 2008 }} They are home to the longest high school football rivalry in Texas: the Battle of the Ax, against Sherman High School.{{cite web|url=http://shermanisd.net/SHS/battle_of_the_ax.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020111043155/http://shermanisd.net/SHS/battle_of_the_ax.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2002|title=SISD: SHS Battle of the Ax|date=11 January 2002}}

Education

File:Grayson College.jpg

Denison is served by the Denison Independent School District. The current Denison High School campus opened in 2014.

Grayson College is located in Denison. The school's T.V. Munson Viticulture and Enology Program preserves Denison's viticultural heritage.

Media

=Magazine=

  • Texoma Living! Magazine{{cite web|url=http://www.texomaliving.com|title=Search every page of every issue published by Texoma Living! Magazine from 2006 to 2010.|work=Texoma Living! Online|access-date=16 July 2015}}

=Newspaper=

=Radio stations=

  • KMAD Mad Rock 102.5
  • KMKT Katy Country 93.1
  • KDOC HOT 107.3 FM

=Television stations=

  • KTEN – Channel 10 (NBC)
  • KTEN – DT Channel 10.2 (The Texoma CW)
  • KTEN – Channel 10.3 (ABC Texoma)
  • KXII – Channel 12 (CBS)
  • KXII – DT Channel 12.2 (My Texoma)
  • KXII – DT Channel 12.3 (Fox Texoma)

Infrastructure

=Transportation=

Denison is served by two U.S. Highways—U.S. 69 and U.S. 75 (Katy Memorial Expressway) and two State Highways—State Highway 91 and Spur 503 (Eisenhower Parkway). State Highway 91, known as Texoma Parkway, is one of the main commercial strips that connects Sherman and Denison. It also extends north to Lake Texoma.

General aviation service is provided by North Texas Regional Airport.

TAPS, a regional public transportation system, offers limited service for disabled passengers.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

=Health care=

Denison is served by Texoma Medical Center.

Notable people

{{cite news |first=Ray |last=Rivera

|title=In a Split Second, a Pilot Becomes a Hero Years in the Making

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/nyregion/17pilot.html?hp

|work=The New York Times |date=2009-01-16 |access-date=2009-01-17}}

Sister cities

  • {{flagdeco|France}} Cognac, France{{Cite web |title=About Sister Cities, Inc. {{!}} Denison, TX |url=https://www.cityofdenison.com/653/About-Sister-Cities-Inc |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.cityofdenison.com}}

In popular culture

In 2013, Lake Texoma and the Hampton Inn and Suites Denison were featured on a travel show entitled The Official Best of Texas, which aired on CBS and the Discovery Channel.Website http://www.theofficialbestof.com

Denison is referenced in the book Dan Gutman's From Texas with Love (Genius Files #4){{Cite book |last=Gutman |first=Dan |title=The Genius Files: From Texas with Love |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2014 |isbn=9780062285621 |pages=112-116}} as the main characters drove through the town, noting the bust of President Dwight D. Eisenhower{{Cite web |title=Sign and bust of former U.S. General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower located in Denison, Texas |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2015631182/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}} on the side of U.S. Route 75.

References

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External links

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{{Collier's poster|Denison}}

  • [http://www.cityofdenison.com/ City of Denison official website]
  • [http://www.denisontexas.us/ Denison Chamber of Commerce]
  • {{Cite NSRW|short=x|wstitle=Denison, Tex.}}

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Category:Cities in Grayson County, Texas

Category:Populated places established in 1872

Category:1872 establishments in Texas