Henderson County, Texas
Henderson County | |
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Congressional district | 5th |
Website | www |
Henderson County is a
Geography
According to the
Major highways
- U.S. Highway 175
- State Highway 19
- State Highway 31
- State Highway 155
- State Highway 198
- State Highway 274
- State Highway 334
Adjacent counties
- Kaufman County (north)
- Van Zandt County (north)
- Smith County (east)
- Cherokee County (southeast)
- Anderson County (south)
- Freestone County (southwest)
- Navarro County (west)
- Ellis County (northwest)
Communities
Cities
- Athens (county seat)
- Brownsboro
- Chandler
- Eustace
- Gun Barrel City
- Log Cabin
- Malakoff
- Moore Station
- Murchison
- Seven Points (small part in Kaufman County)
- Star Harbor
- Tool
- Trinidad
Towns
Census-designated place
Unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1850 | 1,237 | — | |
1860 | 4,595 | 271.5% | |
1870 | 6,786 | 47.7% | |
1880 | 9,735 | 43.5% | |
1890 | 12,285 | 26.2% | |
1900 | 19,970 | 62.6% | |
1910 | 20,131 | 0.8% | |
1920 | 28,327 | 40.7% | |
1930 | 30,583 | 8.0% | |
1940 | 31,822 | 4.1% | |
1950 | 23,405 | −26.5% | |
1960 | 21,786 | −6.9% | |
1970 | 26,466 | 21.5% | |
1980 | 42,606 | 61.0% | |
1990 | 58,543 | 37.4% | |
2000 | 73,277 | 25.2% | |
2010 | 78,532 | 7.2% | |
2020 | 82,150 | 4.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1850–2010[7] 2010–2020[8] |
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[9] | Pop 2020[8] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
White alone (NH)
|
63,494 | 61,854 | 80.85% | 75.29% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
4,813 | 4,705 | 6.13% | 5.73% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
349 | 414 | 0.44% | 0.50% |
Asian alone (NH) | 318 | 510 | 0.40% | 0.62% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 27 | 31 | 0.03% | 0.04% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 76 | 211 | 0.10% | 0.26% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 965 | 3,183 | 1.23% | 3.87% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8,490 | 11,242 | 10.81% | 13.68% |
Total | 78,532 | 82,150 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
As of the
Government
- County Judge: Wade McKinney
- Commissioner Pct. 1: Wendy Spivey
- Commissioner Pct. 2: Scott Tuley
- Commissioner Pct. 3: Charles "Chuck" McHam
- Commissioner Pct. 4: Mark Richardson
- County Clerk: Mary Margret Wright
- District Clerk: Betty Herriage
- County Attorney: Clint Davis
- District Attorney: Jenny Palmer
- County Auditor: Ann Marie Lee
- County Treasurer: Michael Bynum
- County Court at Law #1 Judge: Scott Williams
- County Court at Law #2 Judge: Nancy Perryman
- 3rd District Court Judge: Mark Calhoon
- 173rd District Court Judge: Dan Moore
- 392nd District Court Judge: R. Scott McKee
- Justice of the Peace Pct. 1: Randy Daniel
- Constable Pct. 1: Thomas Goodell
- Justice of the Peace Pct. 2: Kevin Pollock
- Constable Pct. 2: Jason Ramsey
- Justice of the Peace Pct. 3: James "Tony" Duncan
- Constable Pct. 3: David Grubbs
- Justice of the Peace Pct. 4: Milton Adams
- Constable Pct. 4: John Floyd
- Justice of the Peace Pct. 5: Tanya Norris
- Constable Pct. 5: Brad Miers
- Sheriff: Botie Hillhouse
- Tax Assessor/Collector: Peggy Goodall
- Elections Administrator: Paula Ludtke
- Fire Marshal/Emergency Management Coordinator: Shane Renburg
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 28,911 | 79.61% | 7,060 | 19.44% | 346 | 0.95% |
2016 | 23,650 | 78.72% | 5,669 | 18.87% | 726 | 2.42% |
2012 | 21,231 | 76.85% | 6,106 | 22.10% | 290 | 1.05% |
2008 | 20,857 | 71.94% | 7,913 | 27.29% | 223 | 0.77% |
2004 | 20,210 | 70.05% | 8,505 | 29.48% | 134 | 0.46% |
2000 | 16,607 | 64.80% | 8,704 | 33.96% | 316 | 1.23% |
1996 | 10,345 | 45.43% | 10,085 | 44.29% | 2,342 | 10.28% |
1992 | 8,368 | 34.49% | 9,105 | 37.53% | 6,788 | 27.98% |
1988 | 11,005 | 52.61% | 9,819 | 46.94% | 94 | 0.45% |
1984 | 12,725 | 63.38% | 7,302 | 36.37% | 49 | 0.24% |
1980 | 7,903 | 48.47% | 8,199 | 50.29% | 203 | 1.25% |
1976 | 4,658 | 36.01% | 8,245 | 63.73% | 34 | 0.26% |
1972 | 6,263 | 69.49% | 2,741 | 30.41% | 9 | 0.10% |
1968 | 2,315 | 29.19% | 3,119 | 39.32% | 2,498 | 31.49% |
1964 | 1,988 | 29.61% | 4,697 | 69.96% | 29 | 0.43% |
1960 | 2,521 | 42.23% | 3,411 | 57.14% | 38 | 0.64% |
1956 | 2,479 | 44.51% | 3,065 | 55.04% | 25 | 0.45% |
1952 | 2,534 | 36.33% | 4,439 | 63.65% | 1 | 0.01% |
1948 | 540 | 12.24% | 3,669 | 83.14% | 204 | 4.62% |
1944 | 427 | 10.12% | 3,219 | 76.28% | 574 | 13.60% |
1940 | 803 | 16.34% | 4,111 | 83.66% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 260 | 7.38% | 3,259 | 92.45% | 6 | 0.17% |
1932 | 219 | 5.82% | 3,522 | 93.67% | 19 | 0.51% |
1928 | 1,128 | 39.52% | 1,726 | 60.48% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 405 | 9.41% | 3,819 | 88.73% | 80 | 1.86% |
1920 | 538 | 18.62% | 1,684 | 58.29% | 667 | 23.09% |
1916 | 268 | 11.11% | 1,790 | 74.18% | 355 | 14.71% |
1912 | 137 | 6.84% | 1,370 | 68.36% | 497 | 24.80% |
Media
Henderson County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth DMA. Local media outlets are:
Newspaper coverage of the area can be found in the Athens Daily Review, based in Athens; The Monitor is published in Mabank, which is primarily in Kaufman County, but also covers news in parts of Henderson County, as well.
Crime
Paul Knight of the Houston Press said in a 2009 article that some people blamed the development of the artificial Cedar Creek Lake, which opened in 1965, and development of the area surrounding the lake for the initial influx of crime and recreational drugs into the county and the East Texas region. Carroll Dyson, a retired pilot and Henderson County resident interviewed by the Houston Press, said in 2009 that the lake attracted "white flight" from metropolitan areas.[13] Dyson added, "When all your rich people from Dallas and Houston move out here, the thieves are just drawn to them. Thieves are just wired that way. You used to not have to lock your door in Henderson County." Ray Nutt, the sheriff of Henderson County, said in the same article that when the lake first opened, it had no zoning and "a lot of elderly people bought a mobile home and moved in; it was nice. Then, they passed away and family members sold them off or just let them go down." Nutt added that the area around the lake has "a lot of good people," yet it also where "a lot of criminals tend to flow."[14]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Henderson County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Henderson County
- Clay Smothers
References
- ^ "Henderson County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 154.
- ^ A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1893. p. 199. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- US Census Bureau.
- ^ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Henderson County, Texass". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Henderson County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ Passel, Jeffrey S.; Lopez, Mark Hugo; Cohn, D'Vera. "U.S. Hispanic population continued its geographic spread in the 2010s". Pew Research Center. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ Knight, Paul. "Superthief." September 22, 2009. 1. Retrieved on September 28, 2009.
- ^ Knight, Paul. "Superthief." September 22, 2009. 2. Retrieved on September 28, 2009.