Welcome to Henderson ...The city of Henderson is located in Henderson County<1> and is the County Seat for Henderson County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Henderson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1801. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Henderson for more information about variations on the name of Henderson. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Henderson has a population of 28,260 people<2> (see below for details). Henderson is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Henderson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Henderson: 270 & 364<4> The ZIP codes for Henderson: 42419-42420<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Henderson had an population of 28,260 people. This is a decrease of 1.73% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 3.24% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Henderson had a population of 28,757 people (or 62.16% of the total population of Henderson County). This makes Henderson the county's most populous community. The population of Henderson represents 0.66% of the total population of Kentucky (which has 4,339,367 people), making it the state's 8th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 28,757 people, the population of Henderson increased 5.06% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 27,373 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Henderson. Communities Also Named Henderson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Henderson - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), California (3), Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Michigan (5), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Henderson. Websites for Henderson ...Chamber of Commerce: www.hendersonky.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Henderson, the following might be of interest: Communities near Henderson ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Henderson.
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 Henderson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Henderson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Henderson. 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 Henderson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Henderson. Our list includes 28 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Henderson. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Henderson ...Looking for more information about Henderson? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Henderson, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Henderson. Adding Henderson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Henderson in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Henderson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Henderson. Footnotes ...
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