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	1838
Seat	Hendersonville
Largest community	Hendersonville
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 375.09 sq mi (971 km²); 372.95 sq mi (966 km²); 2.14 sq mi (6 km²), 0.57
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
	Website: www.hendersoncountync.gov
	Named for: Leonard Henderson

Henderson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2020, 116,281 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:

Former Henderson County Courthouse, now used as the Henderson County Heritage Museum
Map of Henderson County with municipal and township labels

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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	1838
Seat	Hendersonville
Largest community	Hendersonville
Area - Total - Land - Water	375.09 sq mi (971 km²) 372.95 sq mi (966 km²) 2.14 sq mi (6 km²), 0.57
Population - Density
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website: www.hendersoncountync.gov
Named for: Leonard Henderson