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Welcome to Henshaw ...

Henshaw is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Henshaw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Henshaw is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Henshaw lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Henshaw: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Henshaw ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Henshaw - they are located in California, Iowa, Kansas and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Henshaw ...

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

  • Morganfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sturgis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <4>
  • Shawneetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Uniontown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Uniontown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Ridgway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridgway is located in Gallatin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgway <4>
  • Equality
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Haven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Waverly
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cave-In-Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
    • Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
    • Cave-In-Rock village

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 Henshaw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Henshaw.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Henshaw. 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 Henshaw.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Henshaw ...

Looking for more information about Henshaw? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Henshaw, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Henshaw.

Adding Henshaw to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Henshaw 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 Henshaw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Henshaw post office opened in 1887. The Henshaw post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Henshaw.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Henshaw - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Henshaw area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Henshaw area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/