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Henderson County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Richard Henderson
- Seat
- Henderson
- Largest city
- Henderson
- Judge executive
- Brad Schneider (R)
- Total
- 466 sq mi (1,210 km )
- Land
- 437 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Water
- 30 sq mi (78 km ) 6.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 44,255
- Density
- 103/sq mi (39.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .hendersoncountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Henderson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Henderson
- Population
- 44793
- Area
- 1210
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Union County
- Official website
- hendersonky.us
- Image
- Henderson county kentucky courthouse (3146526178).jpg
- Households
- 18762
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- water as percent of area
- 6.4
- native label
- Henderson County
- Commons category
- Henderson County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Henderson County, Kentucky
- different from
- Henderson County
- inception
- 1798-12-21
- topic has template
- Template:Henderson County, Kentucky
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Henderson County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 27490
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Encyclopedic overview
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 17,000,000 acres (69,000 km) of land from the Cherokee, part of which would later make up the county.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henderson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.