Henderson County, North Carolina

Henderson County
	Henderson County, North Carolina
	Map
	; Location in the state of North Carolina
	; North Carolina's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	December 15, 1838
Seat	Hendersonville
Largest City	Hendersonville
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 375 sq mi (971 km²); 373 sq mi (966 km²); 2.2 sq mi (6 km²), 0.6%
PopulationEst.; - (2019); - Density	; 117,417 ; 286/sq mi (110/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
	Website: www.hendersoncountync.org
	Named for: Leonard Henderson

Henderson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2010, 106,740 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Hendersonville.^[2]

History

The county was made 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.

Henderson County is part of the local Land-of-Sky Regional Council of governments.

These counties are bordered to Henderson County:

These communities are in Henderson County:

↑ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

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Henderson County, North Carolina
Map
Location in the state of North Carolina
North Carolina's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	December 15, 1838
Seat	Hendersonville
Largest City	Hendersonville
Area - Total - Land - Water	375 sq mi (971 km²) 373 sq mi (966 km²) 2.2 sq mi (6 km²), 0.6%
Population^Est. - (2019) - Density	117,417 286/sq mi (110/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website: www.hendersoncountync.org
Named for: Leonard Henderson