Henderson County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- James Henderson
- Seat
- Lexington
- Largest city
- Lexington
- Total
- 526 sq mi (1,360 km )
- Land
- 520 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 5.8 sq mi (15 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 28,518
- Density
- 53/sq mi (20/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- hendersoncountytn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - Henderson County Tennessee
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Lexington
- Capital
- Lexington
- Population
- 27842
- Area
- 1362
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Hardin County
- Official website
- hendersoncountytn.gov
- Image
- Henderson County Courthouse, Lexington.jpg
- Households
- 10914
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- different from
- Henderson County
- Commons category
- Henderson County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Henderson County, Tennessee
- topic has template
- Template:Henderson County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1821-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Henderson County
- per capita income
- 23097
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Henderson County, Tennessee
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Encyclopedic overview
Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with its county seat in Lexington, and with a population of 27,842 as of the 2020 census. The county was founded in 1821 and named after James Henderson, a soldier in the War of 1812.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henderson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.