Henderson, North Carolina
Henderson, North Carolina Historic downtown Henderson Historic downtown Henderson Official seal of Henderson, North Carolina Nickname(s): The Gateway City, Triangle North, The Gate's Location of Henderson, North Carolina Location of Henderson, North Carolina State North Carolina Henderson, a town/city with a populace of 15,368 at the 2010 census, is the governmental center of county of Vance County, North Carolina, United States. The town/city was titled in honor of former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leonard Henderson, who lived close-by and was a friend of early settler Lewis Reavis.
Henderson was officially chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1841.
Prior to the creation of Vance County in 1881, Henderson was positioned in far easterly Granville County. Ashland, Henderson Central Business Historic District, Henderson Fire Station and Municipal Building, Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute, Mistletoe Villa, Maria Parham Hospital, Daniel Stone Plank House, Vance County Courthouse, West End School, Zollicoffer's Law Office, and Barker House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Henderson is positioned at 36 19 29 N 78 24 31 W (36.324753, 78.408536). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.2 square miles (21 km2), of which, 8.2 square miles (21 km2) of it is territory and 0.12% is water.
Henderson benefits from its locale near Interstate 85 and U.S.
There were 6,332 homeholds out of which 31.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1% were married couples living together, 26.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $23,745, and the median income for a family was $30,222.
About 23.4% of families and 28.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 40.5% of those under age 18 and 20.9% of those age 65 or over.
Charlie Rose, tv talk show host and journalist, was born and raised in Henderson Wilbur Fisk Tillett, theologian and dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School, was born in Henderson "National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Official website of Henderson, North Carolina Municipalities and communities of Vance County, North Carolina, United States State of North Carolina
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