46-707: The South Main and South Elm Streets Historic District in Henderson, Kentucky is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It includes all or part of 13 blocks roughly bounded by Washington, Center, S. Green, Jefferson, S. Main and Water Streets, including 125 contributing buildings , four contributing structures , and a contributing site , on about 49 acres (20 ha). Architects Shopbell & Harris and Benjamin Bosworth Smith designed works in
92-643: A council at Sycamore Shoals (present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee ) to purchase over 17,000,000 acres (69,000 km ) of land between the Ohio , Cumberland , and Kentucky rivers in present-day Kentucky and Tennessee to resell it to white settlers. Known as the Transylvania Purchase , the sale was voided by the Virginia General Assembly , since the territory (and the sole right to purchase land from Indians within its bounds)
138-446: A female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.86. The age distribution was 23.5% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
184-555: A passage for hunters and settlers, the Cumberland River also supported later riverboat trade, which traveled to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Villages, towns, and cities were located at landing points along its banks. Through the middle of the 19th century, settlers depended on rivers as the primary transportation routes for trading and travel. In more recent history, a number of severe floods have struck various regions that
230-719: A satellite campus of Murray State University . In addition, students are served by Oakland City University Evansville Center, the University of Evansville , and the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville . Henderson has a lending library , the Henderson County Public Library . Henderson is served by one local daily newspaper, The Gleaner , as well as the metro edition of the Evansville Courier & Press . Henderson
276-498: A sixth person before taking his own life. The shooting is the worst in the history of Henderson County in terms of casualties, surpassing triple homicides occurring in 1799 and 1955. Henderson is located in north-central Henderson County, 10 miles (16 km) south of Evansville, Indiana , and 30 miles (48 km) west of Owensboro, Kentucky . According to the United States Census Bureau , Henderson has
322-798: A source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky , and the mouth of the Tennessee River . Major tributaries include the Obey , Caney Fork , Stones , and Red Rivers. Although the Cumberland River basin is predominantly rural, there are also some large cities on the river, including Nashville and Clarksville , both in Tennessee. The river system has been extensively altered for flood control . Major dams impound areas of both
368-601: A total area of 17.6 square miles (45.6 km ), of which 15.3 square miles (39.6 km ) are land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km ), or 13.01%, are water. As the state line tends to follow the Indiana side of the river, most of the Ohio River going past Henderson is within the city limits. Because the Indiana - Kentucky border is defined as the low-water mark on the north bank of the Ohio River as of 1792, and because
414-602: Is Henderson's oldest on-going music festival and marked its 25th continuous year in 2010. Past performers have included Bill Monroe , Emmylou Harris , Alison Krauss and Union Station , Ricky Skaggs , John Hartford , Glen Campbell , and other notable Bluegrass artists. The Folklife aspect of the festival is a celebration of local lifestyles and culture with displays on recreational folklife (traditional games), functional folklife (quilting, tatting, chair-caning, basket-making, fly-tying), oral traditions (storytelling), folk music, food traditions (curing country hams, making burgoo ,
460-498: Is almost hazardous for even small gasoline boats to run". On June 20, 1914, Henderson was hit by a "baby cyclone". Jack Hudgions, local historian and newsman, wrote that " hail as large as partridge eggs" fell for ten minutes and that powerful winds uprooted giant trees "and twisted limbs from shade trees in the city." In the northern part of Henderson, several buildings were blown down and wheat stocks were scattered. The storm lasted for more than 30 minutes, laying crops low throughout
506-464: Is also one of the state's leading coal producers, with over 2.8 million tons produced in 2004. Each year Henderson hosts a variety of events and festivals. The Henderson Breakfast Lions Club holds the Tri-Fest , a street festival that raises funds for non-profit organizations, in mid-April each year. There is also the free Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival in mid-June, honoring the legacy of Father of
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#1732790614551552-399: Is an alternative school for those suspended from the other schools in the district, Central Academy. There is one parochial school , Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School which has both elementary and middle school. and also a school for students with mental or physical deficiencies, Riverview School. Henderson is home to one postsecondary institution, Henderson Community College , as well as
598-616: Is joined by the Red River . It flows back into Kentucky at the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area , a section of land nestled between Lake Barkley , which is fed by the Cumberland River, and Kentucky Lake . Finally, the river flows north and merges with the Ohio River at Smithland , northeast of Paducah . The explorer Thomas Walker of Virginia in 1758 named the river, but whether for
644-545: Is now Henderson County was later inhabited by the Yuchi , Shawnee and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians . Significant artifacts from these tribes and earlier peoples, including from mounds , have been found by white settlers and their descendants since the 1700s. Henderson has its roots in a small, block-wide strip of land high above the Ohio River , the site of the present-day Audubon Mill Park directly south of
690-515: Is now the intersection of Kentucky Route 38 and US Route 421 . A flood control project begun in 1992 diverted it through a tunnel under Little Black Mountain, from which it emerges in Baxter and converges with Martins Fork. Poor Fork begins as a small stream on Pine Mountain in Letcher County near Flat Gap, Virginia. It flows southwest in parallel with Pine Mountain until it merges with
736-697: Is part of the Evansville media market, the 101st-largest television market and 161st-largest radio market in the United States. WSON (860-AM) is the only locally owned radio station broadcasting from the city. The Henderson Area Rapid Transit (HART) was created in 1957 as a publicly owned mass transit system, of which all citizens who live in the city of Henderson are part owners. Some scenes from A League of Their Own , directed by Penny Marshall , were filmed in Henderson in 1991, including all of
782-761: The Duke of Cumberland or the English county of Cumberland is not known. The Cumberland River was called Wasioto by the Shawnee Native Americans , who lived in this area. French traders called it the Riviere des Chaouanons , or "River of the Shawnee" for this association. The river was also known as the Shawnee River (or Shawanoe River ) for years after Walker's trip. Important first as
828-513: The Köppen Climate Classification system, Henderson has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 27,373 people, 11,693 households, and 7,389 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,829.0 inhabitants per square mile (706.2/km ). There were 12,652 housing units at an average density of 845.4 per square mile (326.4/km ). The racial makeup of
874-550: The Ohio River and the county seat of Henderson County, Kentucky , United States. The population was 29,781 at the 2020 U.S. census . It is part of the Evansville–Henderson, IN–KY Combined Statistical Area , locally known as the " Tri-State Area ," and is considered the southernmost suburb of Evansville, Indiana . Archaeological research shows that people were living in what is now Kentucky by at least 9,500 BCE, although they may have arrived much earlier. The settlers of
920-915: The main stem and many of its important tributaries. Its headwaters are three separate forks that begin in Kentucky and converge in Baxter, KY , located in Harlan County . Martin's Fork starts near Hensley Settlement on Brush Mountain in Bell County and snakes its way north through the mountains to Baxter. Clover Fork starts on Black Mountain in Holmes Mill, near the Virginia border, and flows west in parallel with Kentucky Route 38 until it reaches Harlan . Clover Fork once flowed through downtown Harlan and merged with Martins Fork at what
966-469: The poverty line , including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over. The county has numerous industries, including aluminum production, automotive and appliance parts, plastic injection molding , tool and die making, food processing and processing of recycled materials. In June 2008, of the 20,205 jobs in Henderson, almost 12% were government jobs. It also ranks as one of Kentucky's top three corn and soybean producers. Henderson County
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#17327906145511012-634: The 1970s and is on the first weekend in October at John James Audubon State Park and has been organized by the Henderson City Lions Club since 2018. The Henderson County school system includes eight elementary schools: A.B. Chandler, Spottsville, East Heights, Bend Gate, South Heights, Jefferson, Cairo, and Niagara; two middle schools, North Middle and South Middle; and one high school, Henderson County High School . The Thelma B. Johnson Early Learning Center serves pre-schoolers. There
1058-786: The Blues W. C. Handy , and the Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival in August. Annual barbecues have been a Henderson tradition dating as far back as the one started on Sunday, July 18, 1926, in Atkinson Park by the Henderson Freight Station employees. Notable foods were lamb, burgoo , etc. Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival is one of the largest free Bluegrass festivals in the country. It
1104-567: The Cherokee, the free male inhabitants of Red Bank totaled 62. Later, in 1797, Captain Young of Mercer County, Kentucky and the "Exterminators", a group of regulators under his leadership swiftly and violently drove out the remaining outlaw element in Red Banks. Samuel Hopkins and the surveyor Thomas Allin visited Red Banks in 1797 and laid out plans for the future town of Henderson. It
1150-532: The area after the start of the 1st millennium CE were of the Mississippian culture , a Native American civilization that flourished throughout what is now the Midwestern , Eastern , and Southeastern United States , from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE. The population of most settlements of this culture had dispersed or were experiencing severe social and environmental stress by 1500. The area that
1196-432: The center of the streets without interfering. By October 29, 1799, a census for the city of Henderson showed a population of 183. The county had 423 residents, 207 slaves, and 412 horses. A post office was established in the town in 1801; the city was formally incorporated on January 21, 1840. By mid-century, Henderson County had become a major producer of tobacco , much of which was exported to Great Britain . The area
1242-412: The city was 84.1% White , 11.8% Black or African American , 0.18% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.58% from other races , and 1.04% from two or more races . Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.27% of the population. There were 11,693 households, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 14.1% had
1288-483: The city's riverfront boat dock. A village on this site was called "Red Banks" because of the reddish clay soil of the bluffs overlooking the Ohio River. The future city was named after Richard Henderson , an eighteenth-century pioneer and land speculator, by his associates Samuel Hopkins and Thomas Allin . Henderson County also shares this namesake. On March 17, 1775, North Carolina judge Richard Henderson and his Transylvania Company had met with 1,200 Cherokee in
1334-408: The county. Telephone lines were damaged and windows broken in the city and county by the hailstones. 26 days later, the city was hit by a tornado that left two dead and much of the city in ruins. In 1937, 21 inches (530 mm) of precipitation fell in 18 days over the Ohio River watershed, resulting in the Ohio River flood of 1937 and extensive damage. Henderson, on its bluff, was spared much of
1380-599: The craft of barbecue), and foreign cultures that have integrated with local traditions, among other things. The Henderson Lions Club Arts and Crafts Festival is a large event that sees as many as 10,000 visitors each year. The Festival, originally known as the Big Rivers Arts Festival and then later taken over and known as the Green River Areas Development District Arts Festival, has been held since
1426-503: The damage that Pittsburgh , Cincinnati , Louisville , Evansville , Paducah and other river cities suffered. Leigh Harris, the publisher of the Henderson Gleaner and Evening Journal newspapers, wrote, "Henderson is on the river but never in it!" Its favorable location helped the city attract new industries. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to
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1472-543: The district. It includes 125 contributing buildings , four contributing structures , and a contributing site , on 49 acres (20 ha). It includes: This article about a property in Henderson County, Kentucky on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Henderson, Kentucky Henderson is a home rule-class city along
1518-544: The downtown area. In the early 20th century, recognizable neighborhoods (unincorporated places) within the city and the outlying edges of town included Audubon , Weaverton , and Audubon Heights . Segments of Audubon and Weaverton were sometimes referred to as the "East End", which held the second-largest business area after downtown Henderson. A workplace shooting occurred at an Atlantis Plastics factory in Henderson on June 25, 2008. The gunman, 25-year-old Wesley Neal Higdon, shot and killed five people and critically injured
1564-538: The eastern US. Near Celina, Tennessee , the river crosses south into that state, where it is joined by the Obey River and Caney Fork . Northeast of Nashville , the river is dammed twice more, forming Cordell Hull Lake and Old Hickory Lake . After flowing through Nashville and picking up the Stones River , the river is dammed to form Cheatham Lake . The river turns northwest toward Clarksville , where it
1610-546: The late 1800s and early 1900s. The "great sleet " of 1901 fell for three weeks in February. "Horses had to have special shoes to keep their footing on local roads." In 1908 the Henderson area had high temperatures and a drought , which markedly reduced the flow of the Ohio River. The Henderson Daily Gleaner reported that "boys were playing baseball every day in the middle of the old riverbed." All businesses were challenged and forced to close. A Henderson reporter wrote, "[I]t
1656-513: The local Cherokee. On November 16, 1792, resident Robert Simpson wrote to Alexander D. Orr in Lexington , requesting help to appoint a magistrate for Red Banks to deal with some of its 30 families he felt were of dubious (criminal) character. During this period, the Red Banks settlement had gained notoriety as a frontier haven for westward-moving outlaws and their families. One such family was that of Squire Samuel Mason . By that time, excluding
1702-472: The other two forks in Baxter. From there, the wider river, now named Cumberland, continues flowing west through the mountains of Kentucky before turning northward toward Cumberland Falls . The 68-foot (21 m) falls is one of the largest waterfalls in the southeastern United States and is one of the few places in the Western Hemisphere where a moonbow can be seen. Beyond Cumberland Falls,
1748-823: The river changed course as a result of the New Madrid earthquake of 1812, a small portion of Henderson County (approximately 4 miles (6 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide), lies north of the current course of the river in what would appear to be part of Indiana. Both the Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges and the Ellis Park Race Course horse racing track are located entirely within Kentucky. The racetrack uses Indiana's 812 area code despite officially being located in Kentucky. Henderson had unusual weather patterns in
1794-647: The river flows through. In April 1977, Harlan, Kentucky , and many surrounding communities were inundated with floodwaters, destroying most of the homes and businesses within the floodplain of the river. This event led to the building of the Martins Fork Dam for flood control and the diversion of the Clover Fork around the city of Harlan. In addition, the river was diverted through a mountain cut in Loyall, Kentucky . In late April and early May 2010, due to
1840-536: The river turns abruptly west once again and continues to expand as other creeks and streams feed into it. It receives the Laurel and Rockcastle rivers from the northeast, followed by the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River from the south. From here it flows into the man-made Lake Cumberland , formed by Wolf Creek Dam . The more than 100-mile (160 km) reservoir is one of the largest artificial lakes in
1886-717: The scenes in and around the house where the team was living; it's located on Main Street in Henderson. The horse betting scene in Traveller starring Bill Paxton , Mark Wahlberg and Julianna Margulies was filmed at Ellis Park in 1995. Cumberland River The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States . The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km ) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee . The river flows generally west from
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1932-493: The world. Great Britain, however, imposed a high tariff on imported tobacco after the war, wrecking the county and city's export market. Tobacco warehouses and plants closed, and the community's economic fortunes reversed. The last tobacco facility, the Soaper Tobacco Warehouse on Pennell Street, closed in 1984. Henderson continued as a regional center into the 20th century. Businesses were concentrated in
1978-408: Was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 30,427, and the median income for a family was $ 39,887. Males had a median income of $ 32,131 versus $ 22,225 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 17,925. About 13.2% of families and 16.5% of the population were below
2024-403: Was formally established by the Kentucky legislature the same year. A distinguishing characteristic of the new town plan was unusually wide streets, reportedly to prevent a fire in one block from easily spreading to another. Even with diagonal parking spaces outlined on downtown streets today, the streets are wide enough to include two-way traffic and space left over for delivery trucks to park in
2070-499: Was part of Virginia's royal charter . However, the commonwealth granted Henderson and his company an area of 200,000 acres (810 km ) to develop. It was located at the confluence of the Green and Ohio rivers. Henderson hired Daniel Boone to survey the country and select favorable sites, but Henderson died before the town was developed. By the early 1790s, Red Banks had a tavern and several European-American families co-existing with
2116-461: Was reported to be the largest dark tobacco producer in the world; large tobacco warehouses and stemmeries dotted the downtown Henderson area. Postcards from the era show long lines of horse- and mule-drawn wagons piled high with tobacco, waiting their turn to unload for shipment downriver. Some tobacco processors accumulated considerable fortunes. Shortly before World War I , Henderson was said to have more millionaires per capita than any other city in
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