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Henry County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Named after
- Patrick Henry
- Seat
- New Castle
- Largest city
- New Castle
- Total
- 394.83 sq mi (1,022.6 km )
- Land
- 391.88 sq mi (1,015.0 km )
- Water
- 2.96 sq mi (7.7 km ) 0.75%
- Estimate 2025
- 49,137
- Density
- 124.82/sq mi (48.193/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- henrycounty.in.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry County is a county located in east central Indiana, United States. As of 2020, the population was 48,914. The county seat and largest and only city is New Castle. Henry County is the main setting of the novel Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.