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| Name | Henry |
| Alt names | Henry | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 31.5°N 85.25°W |
| Located in | Alabama, United States (1819 - ) |
| See also | Covington, Alabama, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Dale, Alabama, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Geneva, Alabama, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Houston, Alabama, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lowndes, Alabama, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pike, Alabama, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- 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 of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Patrick Henry, famous orator and Governor of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,302. Its county seat is Abbeville.
Henry County is part of the Dothan, Alabama, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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Henry County was established on December 13, 1819 by the Alabama Territorial Legislature. The area was ceded by the Creek Indian Nation in 1814 under the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Henry County was formed before the State of Alabama was organized. The area that includes Henry County had historically been part of the Lower Creek Confederacy. It was occupied for thousands of years before that by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. Abbeville was designated as the county seat in 1833.
Upon formation, Henry County was the largest county within Alabama, composing all or portions of the present counties of Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Houston, and Pike. When the youngest county of Houston was formed in 1903, Henry became the smallest.
After 1814, the colonial settlers' developed Franklin as their first European-American settlement in the Creek territory. The former river port served Abbeville on the Chattahoochee River. Much of the original Henry County was part of the original Alabama wiregrass region.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1819 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1822 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1823 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1910 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1931 | Birth 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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| 1820 | 2,638
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| 1830 | 4,020
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| 1840 | 5,787
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| 1850 | 9,019
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| 1860 | 14,918
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| 1870 | 14,191
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| 1880 | 18,761
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| 1890 | 24,847
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| 1900 | 36,147
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| 1910 | 20,943
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| 1920 | 21,547
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| 1930 | 22,820
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| 1940 | 21,912
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| 1950 | 18,674
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| 1960 | 15,286
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| 1970 | 13,254
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| 1980 | 15,302
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| 1990 | 15,374
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