Welcome to Henley ...

So far, we found very little information about Henley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Henley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Henley, please Contact Us.

Henley would have been located within present day Carroll County<2>.

The location of Henley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Henley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Henley is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Henley was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Henley (for example, toward Woodland (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Henley still existed, it would have been in the (770) area code.

Communities Also Named Henley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Henley - they are located in California, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Henley.

Communities near Henley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Henley.

• Smokey Acres
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smokey Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
  • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
• Newnan
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnan
  • Newnan is located in Coweta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,885 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newnan <5>
• Carrollton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
  • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,450 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrollton <5>
• Graysons Landing
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysons Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
  • Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
• Tyus
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
  • Tyus is located in Carroll County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
• Chattahoochee Hills
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattahoochee Hills
  • Chattahoochee Hills is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,423 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chattahoochee Hills <5>
• Grantville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
  • Grantville is located in Coweta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,341 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantville <5>
• Hogansville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogansville
  • Hogansville is located in Troup County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hogansville <5>
• Bowdon Junction
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdon Junction
  • Bowdon Junction is located in Carroll County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 2,100 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowdon Junction <5>
• Bowdon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdon
  • Bowdon is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowdon <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Henley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Henley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Henley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Henley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Henley. See our Newspapers Page for Henley.

Adding Henley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Henley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Henley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Henley post office opened in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Henley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carroll County: www.carrollcountyga.com/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/