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Henry County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- May 15, 1821 ; 205 years ago ( 1821-05-15 )
- Named after
- Patrick Henry
- Seat
- McDonough
- Largest city
- McDonough
- Total
- 327 sq mi (850 km )
- Land
- 322 sq mi (830 km )
- Water
- 4.4 sq mi (11 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 264,922
- Density
- 755.3/sq mi (291.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 3rd , 10th , 13th
- Website
- henrycountyga.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Patrick Henry
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- McDonough
- Population
- 240712
- Area
- 840
- Shares border with
- DeKalb County
- Official website
- www.henrycountyga.gov
- Image
- McDonough courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 78204
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- different from
- Henry County
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Henry County
- Commons category
- Henry County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Henry County, Georgia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Henry County, Georgia
- inception
- 1821-05-15
- per capita income
- 31173
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2020 census, the population of Henry County was 240,712, up from 203,922 in 2010. The county seat is McDonough. The county was named for Patrick Henry.
Henry County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan statistical area. The Henry County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.