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Welcome to Hendersonville ...

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

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


Hendersonville would have been located within present day Nottoway County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hendersonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1800.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hendersonville is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Hendersonville was located: 434

Communities Also Named Hendersonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Hendersonville - they are located in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Hendersonville ...

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

  • Blackstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Victoria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kenbridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Burkeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Winnie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Winnie is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
  • Spainville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Spainville is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
  • Forkland ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forkland is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
  • Earls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Earls is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
  • Green Bay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Nutbush
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush

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

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

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

Adding Hendersonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hendersonville 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 (so far) for Hendersonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hendersonville post office opened in 1800. The Hendersonville post office closed in 1826.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hendersonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hendersonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Nottoway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hendersonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/