Henderson County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Leonard Henderson
- Seat
- Hendersonville
- Largest community
- Hendersonville
- Total
- 375.09 sq mi (971.5 km )
- Land
- 372.95 sq mi (965.9 km )
- Water
- 2.14 sq mi (5.5 km ) 0.57%
- Estimate 2025
- 122,375
- Density
- 311.79/sq mi (120.38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .hendersoncountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Hendersonville
- Capital
- Hendersonville
- Population
- 116281
- Area
- 971
- Shares border with
- Haywood County
- Official website
- www.hendersoncountync.org
- Image
- Henderson County, NC 1905 Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 49715
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Henderson County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Henderson County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Henderson County, North Carolina
- topic has template
- Template:Henderson County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1838-00-00
- different from
- Henderson County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Henderson County
- per capita income
- 32306
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Encyclopedic overview
Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,281. Its county seat is Hendersonville. Henderson County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henderson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.