Henry County
Also known as Henry County, Tennessee, Henry County, TN
county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- Patrick Henry
- Seat
- Paris
- Largest city
- Paris
- Total
- 593 sq mi (1,540 km )
- Land
- 562 sq mi (1,460 km )
- Water
- 31 sq mi (80 km ) 5.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 32,896
- Density
- 58/sq mi (22/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
Article
Henry County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and is considered part of West Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,199. Its county seat is Paris. The county is named for the Virginia orator and American Founding Father Patrick Henry.
Henry County comprises the Paris, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. West Tennessee lands and commodity culture were associated with the lowlands and delta of the Mississippi River, which created fertile areas that supported cotton culture. During the antebellum era, numerous enslaved African Americans provided labor for the cotton plantations.