Pioneer Woman
The Pioneer Woman statue is a work created by sculptor Leo Friedlander. It is located at the Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, United States, and was commissioned as part of the Texas Centenary celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Texas Independence from Mexico.Photo: Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Denton, Denton County, Texas
- Also known as: “Pioneer Woman Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square and Little Chapel in the Woods.
Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square
Museum
Photo: Aaron Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square is the former courthouse of Denton County located in the county seat Denton, Texas. The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square was constructed in 1896. Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square is situated 3,300 feet south of Pioneer Woman.
Little Chapel in the Woods
Place of worship
The Little Chapel-in-the-Woods is the campus chapel at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Little Chapel in the Woods is situated 2,300 feet north of Pioneer Woman.
Campus Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Campus Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Pioneer Woman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Denton and Corinth.
Denton
Photo: Aaron Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Denton is a city in Texas. It is a college town which forms the northern tip of what is known as the Golden Triangle, the other two points being Dallas and Fort Worth, approximately equidistant to the southeast and southwest.
Corinth
Town
Corinth is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States; it is a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 22,634 at the 2020 census. Corinth is situated 6 miles southeast of Pioneer Woman.
Pioneer Woman
- Categories: sculpture, monument, and historic site
- Location: Denton, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.22344° or 33° 13′ 24″ northLongitude
-97.12956° or 97° 7′ 46″ westInception
1938Operator
Texas Historical CommissionOpen location code
86546VFC+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 2991556892OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q7196837
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In Other Languages
“Pioneer Woman” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Mujer Pionera”
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Highlights include Department of Public Safety and Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church.
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