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Henderson County (other)
Henderson County is the name of several counties in the United States: *Henderson County, Illinois * Henderson County, Kentucky *Henderson County, North Carolina Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,281. Its county seat is Hendersonville. Henderson County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hi ... * Henderson County, Tennessee * Henderson County, Texas {{geodis, uscounty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson County, Illinois
Henderson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it has a population of 6,387. Its county seat is Oquawka, Illinois, Oquawka. Henderson County is part of the Burlington, Iowa, Burlington, Iowa, IA–IL Burlington micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Henderson County was formed in 1841 from a portion of Warren County, Illinois, Warren County. It was named for Henderson County, Kentucky, Henderson County, Kentucky, which was named for Richard Henderson (jurist), Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania (colony), Transylvania Company, an early attempt to organize what later became Kentucky around 1775. File:Henderson County Illinois 1841.png, Henderson County at the time of its creation in 1841 Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (4.1%) is water. Climate and weather In rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson County, Kentucky
Henderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The county is located in western Kentucky on the Ohio River across from Evansville, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,793. Its county seat is Henderson. The county was formed in 1798 and named for Richard Henderson who purchased of land from the Cherokee, part of which would later make up the county. Henderson County lies within the West Kentucky Coal Field area. It is also part of the Evansville, IN-KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The Transylvania Co., also known as Richard Henderson & Co., in 1775 purchased from the Cherokees a large swath of wilderness between the Kentucky River and Cumberland River, encompassing approximately half of what would become Kentucky as well as a portion of northern Tennessee. Their intention was to establish a 14th colony to be called Transylvania Colony. To help attract people to purchase land and populate the region, Henderson & Co. hired pione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson County, North Carolina
Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,281. Its county seat is Hendersonville. Henderson County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The county was formed in 1838 from the southern part of Buncombe County. It was named for Leonard Henderson, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829 to 1833. There is no evidence Henderson ever passed through the area. In 1855 parts of Henderson County and Rutherford County were combined to form Polk County, and in 1861 parts of Henderson County and Jackson County were combined to form Transylvania County. Henderson County, which in 1861 encompassed present-day Transylvania County as well, contributed 1,296 soldiers to the Confederate States Army out of its approximately 10,000 population, as well as 130 Union troops. (Figures from Terrell T. Garren's "Mountain Myth: Unionism in Western North Carolina, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson County, Tennessee
Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with its county seat in Lexington, and with a population of 27,842 as of the 2020 census. The county was founded in 1821 and named after James Henderson, a soldier in the War of 1812.W.C. Crooks,Henderson County" ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: October 17, 2013. History Henderson County was established in 1821; it was named after Lt. Colonel James Henderson, Jr. (1775–1814), of the Tennessee State Militia, who was killed in late December 1814 below New Orleans during a clash with the British Army. Henderson is said to have served in earlier conflicts such as the Creek Indian war, which took place during the same overall time period as the War of 1812. After the Battle of New Orleans, Major General William Carroll’s Tennessee brigade, which was the largest single force under General Andrew Jackson’s command in Louisiana, established their outgoing camp upriver from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
