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Copper Canyon is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,731 in 2020. Copper Canyon is adjacent to the master-planned Lantana residential development.

Copper Canyon town overview:
Name:	Copper Canyon town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Denton County
Elevation:	623 ft (190 m)
Total Area:	4.60 sq mi (11.93 km²)
Land Area:	4.58 sq mi (11.85 km²)
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km²)
Total Population:	1,731
Population Density:	380/sq mi (150/km²)
ZIP code:	75077
FIPS code:	4816636
GNISfeature ID:	1388576
Website:	www.coppercanyon-tx.org

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History

The first European settlement in the area that would become Copper Canyon occurred in the 1840s. One of the more prominent settler families was that of Elisha and Mary Chinn, who came to Texas from their original home in North Carolina in 1852. They helped establish the first church in the area, a log-cabin chapel which eventually became known as the Chinn’s Chapel Methodist Church. The church is still active on what is now known as Chinn Chapel Road.

The town gradually grew with cattle ranching as the mainstay of the local economy. The railroad came to the area in 1881, and the first public school was constructed in 1884. The town apparently got its name from “Copperhead Canyon,” a part of the area formerly known for venomous snakes. Population, never large, generally stagnated or declined in the first half of the twentieth century. After World War II the area’s rural charm slowly began to attract residents from the more crowded parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

The town was formally incorporated in 1973. Although still rather sparsely populated, the town has grown as part of the general development of areas north of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Census Bureau figures tell the story: 465 (1980), 978 (1990), 1,216 (2000), 1,334 (2010). Traditional ranches are still found in the area, but Copper Canyon has become primarily a bedroom community with little commercial development.

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Geography

Copper Canyon is located at 33°5′56″N 97°5′41″W / 33.09889°N 97.09472°W / 33.09889; -97.09472 (33.098814, –97.094646). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.5 square miles (12 km), of which 4.4 square miles (11 km) is land and 0.22% is water.