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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population is 15,060. Its county seat is New Castle. The county is named for Patrick Henry. Since the 1990s it has become an increasingly important exurb county in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, especially as land prices have skyrocketed in neighboring Oldham County.
With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county), but containing a "wet" city, in this case Eminence, where package alcohol sales are allowed.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1765 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1799 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1799 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1800 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1852 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1853 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1800 | 3,258
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| 1810 | 6,777
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| 1820 | 10,816
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| 1830 | 11,387
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| 1840 | 10,015
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| 1850 | 11,442
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| 1860 | 11,949
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| 1870 | 11,066
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| 1880 | 14,492
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| 1890 | 14,164
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| 1900 | 14,620
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| 1910 | 13,716
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| 1920 | 13,411
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| 1930 | 12,564
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| 1940 | 12,220
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| 1950 | 11,394
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| 1960 | 10,987
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| 1970 | 10,910
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| 1980 | 12,740
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| 1990 | 12,823
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Research Tips
Many people born in Henry County in the 1820s ended up living in Trimble or Oldham Counties as those counties were created in few years later. “Trimble County was established by the Kentucky General Assembly in December, 1836. Oldham County was established in 1823 from parts of Henry, Jefferson, and Shelby Counties.”
External links
www.henryweb.com/
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