Discover Lincoln Park, Texas: A Growing Community


By: Laurie E. Jasinski

Published: April 27, 2005

Lincoln Park is located on U.S. Highway 380 about nine miles east of Denton in east central Denton County. The community began as a mobile home park and incorporated about 1970. Lincoln Park has continued to grow throughout its existence and reported a population of 39 in 1980. That number increased to 287 in 1990 and 517 in 2000. The community is residential south of U.S. 380 and more commercial north of the highway, with restaurants and a convenience store. Denton County provides police service and nearby Aubrey furnishes fire and ambulance service. Lincoln Park has a mayor and city council.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Laurie E. Jasinski, “Lincoln Park, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lincoln-park-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: HLL89

April 27, 2005

Find out more about this place from our Texas Almanac.

Place
Lincoln Park
Currently Exists
No
Place Type
Town
USGS ID
2412898
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to
  • Denton County
Associated Names

Little Elm

Coordinates
  • Latitude: 33.22403440°
  • Longitude: -96.97267200°
Population Counts
People Year
287 1990
517 2000
308 2010

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