Denton County Sheriff's Office (Texas)

The Denton Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency located in Denton County, Texas. The current sheriff is Sheriff Tracy Murphree.[1] The office operates a county jail that houses up to 1,400 prisoners. More than 600 people work for the Denton County Sheriff's Office. Most of the office's workers work in the Detention Bureau.[2]

The office is co-located with the jail at 127 North Woodrow Lane in the county seat of Denton.[3]

Sheriffs of Denton County
  • William Garvin: 1846
  • Peter Harmonson: 1846-1848
  • William H. Roark: 1848-1852
  • Jasper Baker: 1852-1853
  • Robert Gibson: 1853-1854
  • Felix McKittrick: 1854-1856
  • Charles Alexander "C.A." Williams: 1856-1858
  • Joseph Carter: 1858-1860
  • Christopher Columbus Daugherty: 1860-1862
  • Stephen Hyatt: 1862-1866
  • Charles Alexander Williams: 1866-1867
  • Matthew Gray: 1867-1869
  • Baylis Earle Greenlee: 1869
  • William "Bill" F. Egan: 1869-1878
  • Robert Henry Hopkins: 1878-1882
  • Dallas Clark: 1882-1886
  • William Sparks: 1886-1890
  • Joseph G. Mars: 1890-1894
  • Samuel Hawkins: 1894-1900
  • Warren Elisha Durbin: 1900-1904
  • William S. Fry: 1904-1908
  • William Columbus Orr: 1908-1914
  • Pat Galligher: 1914-1918
  • James Hubbard Goode: 1918-1922
  • W. M. Swinney: 1922-1924
  • William S. Fry: 1924-1928
  • Ted Lewis: 1928-1930
  • Gene Columbus Cockrell: 1930-1934
  • Marshall Shadrick Webster: 1934-1936
  • Frederick Dallas Curtsinger: 1936-1940
  • Roy Moore: 1940-1948
  • W. One Hodges: 1948-1953
  • Bud Gentle: 1953
  • Wylie Barnes: 1954-1976
  • Kenneth George: 1977-1984
  • Randy Kaisner: 1985-1988
  • Ronald Joe Douglas: (interim, 1988)
  • Kirby Robinson: 1988-1992
  • Weldon Lucas: 1993-2004
  • Benny Parkey: 2005-2012
  • Will Travis: 2013-2016
  • Tracy Murphree: 2017-present
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References
  1. Murphree, Tracy. "Message from Sheriff Murphree". Denton County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "Jail Administration". Denton County Sheriff's Office. Denton County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. "Google Maps". Retrieved 30 April 2016.


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