Denison, Texas | |
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![]() Denison Commercial Historic District | |
![]() Location of Denison, Texas | |
Coordinates: 33°44′59″N 96°33′27″W / 33.74972°N 96.55750°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Grayson |
Founded | 1872 |
Government | |
• Type | Council-manager |
• City Council | Mayor Janet Gott Obie Greenleaf JC Doty Michael Baecht (mayor pro tem) VACANT Kris Spiegel |
• City manager | Judson Rex |
Area | |
• Total | 29.06 sq mi (75.27 km2) |
• Land | 28.61 sq mi (74.09 km2) |
• Water | 0.46 sq mi (1.18 km2) 1.94% |
Elevation | 728 ft (222 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 24,479 |
• Density | 840/sq mi (330/km2) |
• Demonyms | Denisonite Denisonian |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 75020–75021 |
Area code(s) | 903, 430 |
FIPS code | 48-19900[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1379652[3] |
Website | www |
Denison is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Texas–Oklahoma border. Its population was 24,479 at the 2020 census, up from 22,682 at the 2010 census.[2] Denison is part of the Texoma region and is one of two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area. Denison is the birthplace of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.