Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Pat Dick Hill stands 291 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Historical Denton Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square is the former courthouse of Denton County located in the county seat Denton, Texas. The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square was constructed in 1896. Tom Lovell was the building contractor. In addition to county offices, the "Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum" also calls it home. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Courthouse is also the final resting place of John B. Denton, the county's and city's namesake. In 1918, a monument to Confederate Soldiers was gifted to Denton by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and placed on the grounds of the Courthouse-on-the-Square. The monument was titled "Our Confederate Soldiers" and contained separate drinking water fountains at the base, with one side etched "whites" and the other "colored." The monument was removed on June 23, 2020, following decades of protest urging its removal, with the Denton County Commissioners citing the safety of the artifact as the reason for it being removed.
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Wikidata Q5259599, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Historical Denton Square: 0.0 mi
- Wolff’s Park: 0.2 mi
- Denton County Historical Park: 0.2 mi
- Quakertown Park: 0.3 mi
- Fred Moore Park: 0.7 mi
- Edna Westbrook Trigg in Denton County: 0.0 mi
- Denton County Courthouse: 0.0 mi
- The City of Denton: 0.0 mi
- John B. Denton Gravesite: 0.0 mi
- Denton County War Memorial: 0.0 mi
- November Devil: 0.0 mi
- Carrizo: 0.7 mi
- Shadow Garden: 0.8 mi
- Statue of Diego Velázquez: 0.8 mi
- In High Places: 0.9 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 0.2 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 1.0 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 1.1 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 5.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.8 mi
- Long Point: 7.0 mi
- Crawford Hill: 7.1 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 0.2 mi
- African American Museum: 0.2 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 0.9 mi
- Explorium: 3.6 mi
- Roanoke Engine 1: 16.0 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 1.4 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 8.2 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 17.8 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 18.0 mi
- Crayola Experience: 21.5 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 15.1 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 15.2 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 11.4 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 14.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- The Corral: 24.1 mi
- Elizabethtown: 15.7 mi
- Camey Spur: 18.4 mi
- Shayhan Point: 8.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dick Hill | W 261° | 291 m | 24.7 mi |
| Blue Mound | SW 214° | 264 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Olive | N 10° | 255 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 221° | 253 m | 5.8 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 315° | 244 m | 5.5 mi |
| Long Point | SW 220° | 234 m | 7.0 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | N 1° | 232 m | 23.1 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 214° | 231 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton 2 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368164931
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