Henderson
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city in and county seat of Henderson County, Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Henderson
- Named after
- land speculator Richard Henderson
- Mayor
- Brad Staton
- Total
- 18.39 sq mi (47.63 km )
- Land
- 16.11 sq mi (41.73 km )
- Water
- 2.28 sq mi (5.90 km ) 13.01%
- Elevation
- 407 ft (124 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 27,697
- Density
- 1,736.6/sq mi (670.51/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 42420, 42419
- Area codes
- 270 & 364
- Fips code
- 21-35866
- Gnis feature id
- 0494023
- Website
- www .hendersonky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Henderson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Henderson County
- Population
- 27981
- Area
- 45.554852
- Elevation
- 124
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Ohio River
- Capital of
- Henderson County
- Official website
- www.cityofhendersonky.org
- Image
- North Main in downtown Henderson.jpg
- Households
- 12060
- Dialing code
- 270
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- inception
- 1797-00-00
- Commons category
- Henderson, Kentucky
- twinned administrative body
- Henderson
- category for people born here
- Q18090078
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Henderson, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Henderson, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 13.005
- per capita income
- 24680
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- postal code
- 42420
- P12749
- radio receiver
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Henderson is a city along the Ohio River and the county seat of Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,781 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the Evansville–Henderson, Indiana–Kentucky Combined Statistical Area, locally known as the "Tri-State Area," and is considered the southernmost suburb of Evansville, Indiana. Henderson is a home-rule class city under Kentucky law.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henderson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.