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| Name | Henry |
| Alt names | Henry | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Rives | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Rives County | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS29025699 |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.383°N 93.783°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1834 - ) |
| See also | Cedar, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crawford, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lafayette, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | St. Clair, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
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Henry County is a county located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,272. Its county seat is Clinton. The county was organized December 13, 1834 as Rives County but was renamed in 1841 for Revolutionary War patriot Patrick Henry. The county originally had been named after William Cabell Rives, who was then serving as a U.S. Senator from Virginia. However, Rives lost popularity in Missouri after he joined the Whig Party.
Timeline
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| 1834 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1834 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1835 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1835 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1835 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1883 | 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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| 1840 | 4,726
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| 1850 | 4,052
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| 1860 | 9,866
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| 1870 | 17,401
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| 1880 | 23,906
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| 1890 | 28,235
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| 1900 | 28,054
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| 1910 | 27,242
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| 1920 | 25,116
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| 1930 | 22,931
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| 1940 | 22,313
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| 1950 | 20,043
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| 1960 | 19,226
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| 1970 | 18,451
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| 1980 | 19,672
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| 1990 | 20,044
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Henry County, Missouri, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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