Denton

DENTON, a city of Texas, U.S.A., 35m. N.W. of Dallas and N.E. of Fort Worth; the county-seat of Denton county. It is on Federal highway 77, and is served by the Missouri Kansas-Texas and the Texas and Pacific railways. The population was 7,626 in 192o, and was 9,587 in 193o by the Federal census. Cotton, grain, fruit, truck and stock are raised in this region. The city's manufacturing industries include flour-mills, potteries and brick-works. It is the seat of the North Texas State Teachers college and of the College of Industrial Arts (the State college for women) which have together about 6,600 students. Denton was settled about 1857 and incorporated in 1873.

D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS,

a group of islands in the Pacific ocean about 2 m. S.W. of New Guinea. They com prise three large islands, Ferguson, Goodenough and Formanby and a number of islets separated by narrow channels with a total area of 12,000 sq.m. There are traces of extinct volcanoes, and gold has been discovered in certain parts. They were discovered by Bruni D'Entrecasteaux in 1792 and are now part of the de pendency of New Guinea (q.v.).