2000 Population:
44,829 County Seat: Henderson
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Henderson county was formed in 1798, out of
part of Christian county - the 38th organized in the state - and
named in honor of Col. Richard Henderson. It then embraced also
the territory out of which Hopkins county in 1806, Union in 1811, and Webster
in 1860, were formed. It is situated in the SW part of the state, on the
Ohio river, which forms its northern boundary for 70 miles; Daviess and
McLean counties bound it on the E, on the S Hopkins, and on the W Union.
Green river flows along a portion of its eastern border, then NW through
the upper part to its junction with the Ohio - watering the county through
a length of 40 miles. These river bottoms, 110 miles in length, embrace
about 60,000 acres of alluvial land, remarkable for fertility; the soil
generally is very productive. Of the large corn-producing counties in the
state, Henderson ranks sixth, and first and in tobacco - producing of the
latter crop (excepting Daviess, Graves, Christian, and Bracken counties),
more than double any other county. The bottom farms yield from 1,200 to
1,500 pounds per acre, and the hills from 800 to 1,000 pounds. Of 202 anaylses
of soils from all parts of the state, by Prof Robert Peter, in connection
with the geological survey of the state, the fine tobacco soil from Henderson
county was the richest but one. The principal growths of timber are poplar,
pecan, oaks of all kinds, black and white walnut, ash, hickory, sweet gum,
cottonwood, and wild cherry. |
