NC Gazetteer

Denton

Also known as: Finch's Crossroads, Finchs Crossroads
A town in Davidson County
… town in SE Davidson County. Inc. 1907. Known as Finch's Crossroads prior to 1875. Post office est. 1878 and name changed to Denton at the recommendation of Samuel Moses Peacock, who had been reading about the town of the same name in Texas and who became the first postmaster.