Elevation of Denton
661ft
above sea level · 201 m
Denton is a city in Texas with 169,431 people, the 19th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 96th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 33.21° N · 97.13° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 33° 12′ 53″ N · 97° 7′ 59″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 14S · 673,989 E · 3,676,658 N
- Zone 14 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 169,431 people
- 96.9 sq mi of land · 1,748 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 10 m grid
- Data from November 2019: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Denton had 169,431 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 21% more than in April 2020, when it had 139,898. Its 96.9 sq mi of land work out to 1,748 people/sq mi; the state average is 121 people/sq mi.
It’s the 19th most populous of the 1,862 places the Census counts in Texas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Houston (2,397,315), and holds 0.5% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Denton County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.5 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Denton sits at 661 ft (201 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Denton is 201 ft below it.
The state capital, Austin, is 207 mi away in a straight line and 174 ft lower than Denton.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Plano, 29 mi away in a straight line and 7 ft higher.
Of the 44 cities in Texas with a page, Denton is the 14th highest: the highest is El Paso (3,713 ft) and the lowest is Corpus Christi (7 ft).
The highest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak, at 8,749 ft according to the USGS: 8,088 ft above Denton, 459 mi away in a straight line.
- 96 Denton 661 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Denton.
What is the elevation of Denton?
Denton is 661 feet (201 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Denton?
Latitude 33.21484 and longitude -97.13307, in decimal degrees (33° 12′ 53″ N · 97° 7′ 59″ W). In UTM, zone 14: 673,989 E and 3,676,658 N, on NAD83.
How does Denton rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 96th highest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Denton in?
Denton County, Texas.
Which is higher, Denton or Austin?
Denton. Denton sits at 661 ft and Austin at 487 ft: a difference of 174 ft, 207 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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