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Denton Texas Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

Denton Texas Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro Denton, Texas logo, printed in weathered charcoal on a retro vintage washed cap — an unstructured cotton dad hat that looks broken in from the day it arrives. The charcoal carries a faint wavering tone and a light speckle, so the print reads like it has been in the sun as long as the cap has.

One size fits most, so it is an easy gift to get right: no size to guess, only the town. Each cap is made to order. Hand wash cold and air dry, and keep it out of the dryer.

Denton County was formed in 1846 and Denton became its seat in 1857, named for the pioneer preacher John B. Denton; the city incorporated in 1866 and the Texas & Pacific arrived in 1881. North Texas Normal College opened in 1890 and the Girls’ Industrial College in 1901.

The pink-granite Courthouse-on-the-Square of 1896 glows over brick storefronts, the 1899 Wright Opera House is now Recycled Books, and the university’s College of Music ran the first jazz program in the nation. The county has one of the largest horse populations in the country. The courthouse and the music are the mark on this piece.

The cap is 8.5 oz 100% cotton twill, enzyme washed and heavily brushed for a soft hand, with an unstructured six-panel crown, a mid-profile fit and a curved bill. A self-fabric strapback with a metal slider adjusts the fit and tucks away, and a self-fabric sweatband lines the inside. It is garment dyed with OEKO-TEX certified low-impact dyes, so every cap's color varies slightly — washed here means faded color and a weathered print, not distressed or frayed.


QUICK FACTS — DENTON TX WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: Denton, Texas

Founded: 1857; incorporated 1866

Known for: The 1896 Courthouse-on-the-Square; a college music town; North Texas Horse Country

Art: Denton vintage retro logo, charcoal (printed)

Blank: unstructured six-panel cap, mid profile, curved bill, metal slider

Fabric: 8.5 oz 100% cotton twill, enzyme washed, garment dyed

Care: hand wash cold, air dry

Colors: 10 offered

Sizes: Adjustable

Made to order in the USA



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Product FAQs

How does your sizing work?

Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

How do I send a gift?

Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

What's the return policy?

Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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Denton sits at the northern apex of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, where Interstate 35 splits to run toward the two big cities. Denton County was carved out in 1846 and named for John B. Denton, a frontier preacher and lawyer killed on the prairie in 1841; in 1857 the new county seat took the same name and was laid out around a central square. For its first decades Denton was a North Texas farm-and-trade town — a county seat on the blackland prairie — until the railroad arrived in the 1880s and the colleges came in the 1890s and changed everything.

The music that UNT seeded spilled off campus long ago. By the late 2000s Denton's scene had a national reputation — its own festival on and around the square, a dense club circuit, and a stream of bands that drew comparisons to Austin in its scruffier days; in 2008 Paste magazine named it the best music scene in the United States. The Denton Arts & Jazz Festival fills the park with hundreds of thousands of people each spring, and on an ordinary weekend you can hear a One O'Clock-caliber big band, an experimental act, and a singer-songwriter within a few blocks of the courthouse. For a town this size, the range is the whole point; more than two dozen venues sit within walking distance of the square.

Why People Visit Denton

Denton offers the energy of a music town and the ease of a small Texas city — a beautiful courthouse square, a deep live-music calendar, two universities, and a creative streak that earned it the nickname “Little Austin.” It's walkable, friendly, and unmistakably North Texas.

Denton Texas Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the Texas longhorn and Lone Star over Texas Republic Est. 1845