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]

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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