Henderson County, Tennessee

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Hardin
Namesake: James Henderson, Tennessee soldier
Seat: Lexington (1822–)
Land area: 520 square miles
Population (2020): 27,842
Population (historic): 8,748 (1830); 14,491 (1860); 17,430 (1880); 18,117 (1900); 17,655 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870s; 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns; two CDPs
National Register listings: Five
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 461 (3.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $421
Average outbuilding value (1930): $153

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,290
Average farm size (1920): 42.7 acres
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Lexington

 
Namesake: Lexington, Massachusetts
Founding: 1822 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1824 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 7,956
Population (historic): 329 (1880); 1,332 (1900); 1,823 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 125 (3.8%)
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