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 Johnson: 1988-1992
  • Weldon Lucas: 1993-2004
  • Benny Parkey: 2005-2012
  • Will Travis: 2013-2016
  • Tracy Murphree: 2017-present

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.

Coordinates: 33°12′52″N 97°06′43″W / 33.214554°N 97.111922°W / 33.214554; -97.111922


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.