THE DENTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Bacon Terraces setting.
Denton city has 1.52 square miles of land in Jeff Davis County. Its Census reference point is in Bacon Terraces, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Denton and Jeff Davis County
Denton is associated with Jeff Davis County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Denton by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Denton, or 1.4% of its total area. That share is close to Jeff Davis County’s 1.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Denton city has 49.7% of the land area of nearby Satilla CDP (3.06 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

