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Henderson welcome sign on U.S. Highway 79. The city of Henderson was established by European Americans before the State of Texas was founded. It was developed on land donated by W.B. Ochiltree and James Smith; it became the county seat of Rusk County when an act of legislature created Rusk County on January 16, 1843.
Henderson County. Henderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 82,150. [1] The county seat is Athens. [2] The county is named in honor of James Pinckney Henderson, the first attorney general of the Republic of Texas, and secretary of state for the republic. [3]
Henderson Commercial Historic District (Henderson, Texas) / 32.15278°N 94.79889°W / 32.15278; -94.79889. The Henderson Commercial Historic District in Henderson, Texas is a 25-acre (10 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. In 1995, it included 39 contributing buildings and two other ...
Rusk County is a county located in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 52,214. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Henderson. [ 2 ] The county is named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas. Rusk County is part of the Longview, Texas metropolitan area and the Longview-Marshall combined statistical area.
Contents. List of counties by U.S. state and territory. The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory. [ 1 ][ 2 ] United States of America (50 states and DC) showing states ...
List of counties in Texas. The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1 ] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
James Pinckney Henderson 1846. Formation. Texas Constitution. Salary. $150,000 (2013) [ 1 ] Website. gov.texas.gov. The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845.
SH 64 has one business route in Henderson, inventoried by TxDOT as Business SH 64-E. The route was designated on June 21, 1990, which, along with Bus. US 79, replaced segments of Loop 153 and Loop 154. [5][6] The two business routes are briefly concurrent through downtown Henderson. [4][7] Loop 153 was designated on May 18, 1944 from SH 64 and ...