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About Henderson County
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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Henderson County at a glance
- County seat
- Hendersonville
- Population
- 116,281 (2020)
- Land area
- 375 sq mi
- Founded
- 1838
Communities
Largest communities in Henderson County
- Hendersonville county seat15,137
- Fletcher7,987
- Etowah7,642
- Mills River7,078
- East Flat Rock5,757
History of Henderson County
The county was formed in 1838 from the southern part of Buncombe County. It was named for Leonard Henderson, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829 to 1833. There is no evidence Henderson ever passed through the area. In 1855 parts of Henderson County and Rutherford County were combined to form Polk County, and in 1861 parts of Henderson County and Jackson County were combined to form Transylvania County. Henderson County, which in 1861 encompassed present-day Transylvania County as well, contributed 1,296 soldiers to the Confederate States Army out of its approximately 10,000 population, as well as 130 Union troops. (Figures from Terrell T. Garren's "Mountain Myth: Unionism in Western North Carolina, published 2006).
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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