2000 Population:
15,060 County Seat: New Castle
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Henry county, the 31st formed in the
state, was taken entirely from Shelby county, in 1798, and called
after the great orator Patrick Henry, the governor of Virginia in
1776 when Kentucky first became a part of Fincastle county, Va., and was
afterwards organized as Kentucky county, Va. Oldham county in 1823, and
Trimble in 1836, were formed partly from Henry county. It is situated in
the north middle portion of the state, on the Kentucky river, and its northern
line reaches to within 10 or 12 miles of the Ohio river. It is bounded
N by Carroll, E by the Kentucky river, which separates it for 20 miles
from Owen county, S by Shelby, and W by Oldham. The surface of the county
is generally undulating, in some portions quite hilly. South of the Little
Kentucky creek, which empties into Kentucky river, the lands (called by
many the sugar lands) are remarkably rich and fertile, producing the best
hemp; in the oak lands, fine tobacco is grown, and the beech lands yield
corn abundantly. Tobacco and corn are the leading crops; it is the 9th
largest corn-producing county in the state. |
