68 topographic sheets and 11 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.
22 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 1 story and name 1 person · people the book names include Murder Of James E. Rankin (Henderson, 1887) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: Murder Of Lemuel Cheaney By Charles C. Carr. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
1818. On the fourteenth day of December, 1818, Charles C. Carr, or Stephen Grimes, shot and killed Lemuel Cheane}', while riding through the silent, solemn woods, near Colonel Elias Powell's meadow farm. It is not known to this day which one of the two did the shooting, although Carr was hung and Grimes cleared.
Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
![Boy 16 and brother 20. Family of A. W. Galloway, Hebbardsville, Route 1. Boys go to Keats (or Bethel) School. Location: Henderson County--[Hebbardsville], Kentucky](assets/locph_2018678383.jpg)
![Pruett School which opened September 5th. 61 pupils in District and only 28 present. Expect an enrollment of 50. Only 1 boy of 11; the rest are 9 years and younger. Many out for work. Location: Henderson County--Hebbardsville [vicinity], Kentucky](assets/locph_2018678380.jpg)
![Home of Wyatt Pruett (in doorway). His father is a prosperous farmer but the boy stays out of school to work. Will go to Pruett School. Location: Henderson County--Hebbardsville [vicinity], Kentucky](assets/locph_2018678379.jpg)
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 5 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,385 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 40 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 31 of them, burning about 434 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROBERTS RD. |
| 9 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 65 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KLONDIKE RD. |
| 21 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDING TRAIL |
| 28 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KLONDIKE FIRE |
| 23 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWERLINE FIRE |
| 10 November 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FENCEROW |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 374 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 27 injuries and about $40,817,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 150 |
| Hail | 82 |
| Flood | 57 |
| Flash Flood | 31 |
| Tornado | 28 |
| Heavy Rain | 15 |
| Funnel Cloud | 8 |
| Lightning | 3 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Flood | Henderson | 1 killed, $20,000 | Minor flooding occurred on the Ohio River. Numerous secondary roads in low-lying bottomlands were underwater. One motorist died after driving down a flooded road in a remote area adjacent to Audubon State Park. The body of the 55-year-old man was found in the water near his truck about 17 days after he went missing. A few state roads were closed near the river, including Highways 268, 811, and 136. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Baskett | 1 killed, $20,000 | Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River in Henderson County. Some low-lying fields were underwater. A few river access roads were underwater. At the end of a secondary road near the confluence of the Green and Ohio Rivers, a 70-year-old man drowned after driving into floodwaters. The man was discovered by a sheriff's deputy on March 24 while on routine patrol. The water was close to chest deep when the deputy located him. It appeared the victim's truck had stalled in the water and that he attempted to walk out. The victim did not have a phone in his possession. County dispatch was notified of his stalled truck on March 22, but nobody was found during a search by rescue squad personnel. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F3) | Henderson | 8 hurt, $7,000,000 | The tornado that would cause mass casualties in the Evansville, Indiana area crossed the Ohio River a second time. This second crossing was from Vanderburgh County, Indiana into Henderson County. The tornado then crossed the river a third time less than a mile west of the U.S. Highway 41 twin bridges. The river does not form the state line at the third crossing. From the bridges, extensive tree damage was visible along both sides of the Ohio River. Almost immediately after crossing the river, the tornado slammed into a horse racing facility named Ellis Park. There was extensive damage to grandstands and housing facilities for jockeys. A few race horses were killed. This facility was the first major facility to be impacted by the tornado. All of the Henderson County tornado injuries were at Ellis Park. The tornado then crossed back into Vanderburgh County, Indiana after striking Ellis Park. |
| April 1979 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 5 hurt | no account filed |
| May 1982 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 4 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF3) | Kings Mills | 2 hurt, $500,000 | This tornado crossed into Henderson County from Union County. The tornado was near its maximum intensity of 140 mph near the county line. A Ford Ranger pickup truck was hurled about one quarter mile. Several other vehicles were overturned. Six homes were destroyed, ten received major damage, and sixty homes and buildings received minor damage. Much of the damage occurred in and near Corydon, especially along U.S. Highway 60. The hardest-hit buildings lost most walls and the roof. At least one grain bin was flattened. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. The average path width was about 300 yards. The tornado was photographed by an emergency management official. Due to the rain-wrapped nature of the tornado and the distance the photo was taken from, the tornado was not easily identifiable in the photo. The photographer was near where the tornado lifted or dissipated, less than a mile from the Henderson County airport. However, the tornado was still some distance away at the time of the photo. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | White City | 2 hurt, $80,000 | This tornado occurred on the north bank of the Ohio River. Three river cabins were partially destroyed, and one cabin was completely destroyed. The cabins were poorly constructed. Six to seven telephone poles were blown over. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The average path width was 100 yards. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | 2 hurt, $20,000 | Six to ten trees were down along U.S. Highway 41A. One of the trees fell on a car, causing injuries. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smith Mills | 1 hurt, $210,000 | Destructive thunderstorm winds swept across a 16-mile swath of Henderson County that crossed directly through the Corydon area. Two mobile homes were destroyed. Two other mobile homes received major damage. At least a dozen houses sustained minor damage, primarily loss of shingles and fascia. Approximately a dozen barns, sheds, or garages received roof or siding damage. Dozens of trees were uprooted. About ten power poles were snapped or blown down. Transformers were damaged at a power substation. One person received minor injuries. An elderly woman was transported to the hospital after her mobile home was flipped over and destroyed. The damage area was up to 1.25 miles wide. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Widespread damage resulted from wind gusts around 70 MPH. Semi trucks were overturned in the Henderson area. An overturned semi closed the southbound lanes of the Pennyrile Parkway near exit 79 in Henderson. The driver of an overturned semi was hospitalized in stable condition. Numerous trees were down across the county, including dozens of them in Henderson. Some trees blocked roads and train tracks. About 27 county roads were blocked by fallen trees. At least one third of Henderson residents were without power, some for two to three days. A spokesperson for the utility company serving the region reported this was the most significant power loss in her five years with the company. Power lines were brought down along U.S. Highway 60 a few miles south of Henderson. A few homes near Spottsville received major damage from falling trees. A fence was blown down in Henderson. |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Henderson | 1 hurt, $50,000 | About 2.2 inches of rain fell in 45 minutes during a thunderstorm. There were about a dozen reports of motorists stranded in floodwaters. One motorist was injured while submerged in floodwaters on U.S. Route 41. Part of U.S. 60 was under water near Starlight Drive-In. Henderson Police reported most of the city was flooded, and there was three feet of water in front of the police station. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Henderson | 1 hurt, $40,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $17,500,000 | Widespread flash flooding inundated numerous homes and businesses. County officials estimated 3.5 million dollars in damage occurred to homes, and 14 million dollars in damage to commercial and government property. Many roads were closed or under several feet of water. Numerous people were evacuated and removed from subdivisions in the city of Henderson, including the Cooper Park and Lakeland neighborhoods. Water was up to the window sills on some homes. An industrial area was flooded by Canoe Creek, with three to four feet of water in at least two manufacturing plants. A portion of the Eastgate Shopping Center was submerged, closing several businesses. Throughout the county, a number of water rescues were conducted for people stranded in flooded vehicles. Flooding shut down U.S. Highway 41 South within the Henderson city limits. About 100 county-maintained roads were flooded, and two bridges were washed out. More than 15 miles of state-maintained roads were closed. Schools were closed. 6.80 inches of rain was measured by a spotter from overnight thunderstorms in Spottsville. In Henderson, a spotter reported 5.6 inches, with 1.69 inches falling in one hour. In Zion, the unofficial total for the morning storms was 5.8 inches. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Baskett | $6,000,000 | Flooding continued on the Ohio River from April. At the Evansville, Indiana river gage, the river crested at 46.78 feet on May 5. This was the 8th highest crest on record, and less than a foot below the 1997 flood. Due to Ohio River flooding, a horse-racing track was surrounded by floodwater. A preliminary estimate of the number of flooded homes ranges from 100 to 200. Near the confluence of the Green and Ohio Rivers, a number of homes were enveloped by water near Spottsville. At least 80 county roads and a much smaller number of state roads were closed by flooding. U.S. Highway 60 was closed from Spottsville to the Daviess County line. A Red Cross shelter was opened for a very small number of evacuees, mostly from the Reed and Beals communities. The National Guard was activated. There was considerable flooding of low-lying agricultural land, forcing farmers to delay planting. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Alzey | $3,000,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Corydon | $500,000 | The tornado began in Corydon, passed across the southern outskirts of Henderson, and ended a mile or so west of Spottsville. The tornado did roof, siding, and fascia damage to dozens of homes along the path. At least a dozen barns or outbuildings sustained roof or structural damage. One large barn was completely destroyed, with debris scattered hundreds of yards from its foundation. The tornado moved northeast across the intersection of the Audubon Parkway and Highway 41 on the south side of Henderson. A Kentucky state road maintenance facility at that intersection sustained damage. A salt dome was destroyed, and a radio tower was blown down. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 115 mph. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Corydon | $350,000 | The tornado entered the southwest corner of the county from Union County. Most of the significant damage occurred near Robards, where three mobile homes were destroyed. Several large barns were destroyed. An empty grain silo was damaged. Upwards of 100 trees were down. The damage ended along U.S. Highway 41 near the Pennyrile Parkway at a truck stop. Peak winds were estimated near 110 MPH. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Smith Mills | $300,000 | Creeks and low-lying areas experienced major flooding. Voluntary evacuations were in effect for several neighborhoods in Henderson that were flooded. At least one family was evacuated from their flooded home by boat. Several animals were rescued from the flooded area. A Henderson church was flooded. Flooding of Canoe Creek was responsible for many of the problems. Near Audubon State Park, a mudslide pushed several trees toward U.S. Highway 41 on the north side of Henderson. Elsewhere in the county, U.S. Highway 60 was closed at the Union County line. |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Kings Mills | $250,000 | The tornado entered Henderson County just north of U.S. Highway 60 near the community of Kings Mill. The tornado passed through the center of Corydon just before lifting on the east side of town. The most intense damage in Henderson County was in Corydon, where the roof was blown off a house and some other houses sustained considerable roof damage. Peak winds at this location were estimated near 120 mph. The other damage in Henderson County was rated EF-0 or EF-1. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Henderson | $100,000 | Torrential rainfall rates of 1.5'' in an hour resulted in flash flooding in Henderson. Numerous vehicles were stuck in floodwaters including on North Green St and Ingram St, between 7th and 1st Street. Portions of Alvesia St were also closed due to floodwaters. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Henderson | $100,000 | Flash flooding of roads became rather widespread. Some roads were impassable. Water rescues were conducted from vehicles that were stranded in floodwaters. Rainfall amounts were heaviest in southeast parts of the county, where close to 8 inches fell in a 48-hour period. Much of that rain fell early on the 28th. A trained spotter just east of Corydon measured 7.85 inches during the daytime hours on the 28th. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $100,000 | At the Henderson County High School, there was considerable damage at the athletic complex behind the school. A small building housing a baseball conditioning room lost about 20 feet of metal roofing, and an outside wall was displaced about three feet. A few small trees were blown down. Power poles were down across Highway 351. A radio tower south of the athletic fields was blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smith Mills | $100,000 | A number of structures were damaged. Several homes and a closed store sustained roof damage. Many tree limbs were blown down. Temporary structures such as car ports were damaged. All roads were open and most power was restored by the next morning. The damage appeared to be caused by a microburst. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F3) | Smith Mills | $100,000 | The tornado first touched down in northwest Henderson County and moved rapidly east-northeast across Ohio River bottomland. This fertile bottomland, used primarily for farming, was sparsely populated. A well-defined swath of snapped and uprooted trees was visible by air. An isolated farm house a few miles northeast of Smith Mills was destroyed. A pickup truck at the house was thrown into a field and destroyed. Due to the winding course of the Ohio River, which forms much of the Kentucky/Indiana border, the tornado crossed the river three times. The first crossing was into a peninsular section of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $90,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Tunnel Hill | $80,000 | This tornado crossed from Webster County near the town of Poole into Henderson County. A barn and garage was destroyed southwest of Robards. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 125 mph. The average path width was 150 yards. |
| September 2006 | Flood | Countywide | $80,000 | Excessive rainfall from the previous 24 hours resulted in continued flooding. Major flooding of Canoe Creek prompted some road closures and evacuations. Canoe Creek rose 2.5 feet over the bridge on Kentucky Highway 136. Flooding was reported on the Audubon Parkway near the toll booth, though the road was not closed. U.S. Highway 41 was closed at Lakeland subdivision. Rescue workers patrolled one neighborhood by boat, but only about six residents were evacuated. At least one business and one home were damaged by flooding. About 20 inches of floodwater caused some damage at the city public works building. Around the county, numerous buildings were threatened by floodwaters. Sandbag levees were built around some of the threatened buildings. A church sanctuary and classrooms were flooded. Although this was an unusually severe flood event, this flooding was not as severe as the November, 2005 flood. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $60,000 | Multiple trained spotters estimated wind speeds of 60 mph in the Henderson area. Small trees were snapped in the city of Henderson. A wind gust to 55 mph was measured at the Henderson City-County Airport. Six power poles and some trees were down on U.S. Highway 60 near Baskett, and sections of a fence were tossed into a nearby field. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Henderson | $50,000 | Numerous water rescues were occurring around Henderson County, including the city of Henderson. |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Rock Spgs | $50,000 | The tornado touched down about 7 miles south of Henderson along Highway 1299 and ended just east of the Pennyrile Parkway near Niagara Elementary School, about 9 miles southeast of Henderson. A small shed was destroyed and several barns lost parts of their roofs. A house lost a few shingles and several trees were blown down. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zion | $50,000 | Near Zion, a microburst containing estimated winds near 85 mph occurred along Highway 351. One pole barn was destroyed, and one garage was damaged. The house sustained damage to porch columns, and two windows were broken. Several large trees were downed or uprooted. The damage area was about one-half mile long and one-quarter mile wide. At Spottsville, a trained spotter estimated wind gusts were near 65 mph. Emergency managers reported many trees and limbs down at unspecified locations across the county, causing roadway blockages and some spotty power outages. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. Two houses were damaged by falling trees, including one in Reed and another in Corydon. About ten streets were blocked by downed trees around the county. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $50,000 | Thunderstorm wind blew numerous large trees onto a house and a truck in Robards. A tobacco barn filled with tobacco was destroyed 1 mile northeast of Robards. The same storm blew several large trees down, including Kentucky's largest sugar maple, in Spottsville where one home lost half of its roof. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spottsville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm wind blew numerous large trees onto a house and a truck in Robards. A tobacco barn filled with tobacco was destroyed 1 mile northeast of Robards. The same storm blew several large trees down, including Kentucky's largest sugar maple, in Spottsville where one home lost half of its roof. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Flash Flood | Henderson | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Spottsville | $45,000 | A double wide mobile home was shoved 10 feet off its base. A 12-by-16 foot wooden shed was destroyed, killing 26 baby chicks. Several trees on the property were blown down. Peak winds were estimated around 110 MPH. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Niagara | $40,000 | This tornado was photographed by a sheriff's deputy and confirmed by a National Weather Service damage survey. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. There was minor roof and siding damage to three homes and a mobile home. Numerous large tree limbs were broken, and a couple of trees were uprooted. A large tree was down across a roadway. The path of the suction vortex was clearly evident in aerial photos of a cornfield. The tornado crossed Interstate 69, also known as the Pennyrile Parkway. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $40,000 | Roof damage occurred to two homes in northeast Henderson County. A two-foot diameter tree was down on one home. The roof was peeled off part of a second home. Numerous smaller trees and power lines were damaged. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $40,000 | At Ellis Park, the roof was torn off the equipment building. Two barns were damaged or destroyed. Trees and power lines were blown down. Power lines and a few trees were blown down in Henderson. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $40,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were down throughout the county. A tree fell on a house in the Corydon area, resulting in considerable damage to the house. A large tree fell on a van. Kentucky 1078-North was blocked by a fallen tree, causing a minor accident. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $35,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in and east of Henderson. Trees fell on vehicles at several locations in the city. East of the city, roads were blocked by downed limbs. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $30,000 | A microburst occurred on U.S. Highway 41 in the Robards area, then spread westward a short distance on Highway 416. Three trees were down on houses, and one tree was down on a car. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Scuffletown | $30,000 | Moderate flooding occurred along the Ohio River. The river crested very early in March. Tributary creeks flooded extensively due to backwater flooding from the Ohio River. Countywide, numerous county roads and some state roads were closed. U.S. Highway 60 was closed near the Spottsville bridge and the Daviess County line. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $30,000 | Widespread tree and power line damage was reported. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $30,000 | Two trees were blown down, blocking roads in northern sections of the city. Downed power lines and power outages were also reported in northern sections of the city. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $30,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. One tree landed on a police cruiser, damaging the windshield and hood. A tree landed on a house on Kentucky Highway 266. Some trees fell on Kentucky Highway 351 and on Old U.S. 60 East. |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Henderson | $30,000 | Torrential downpours, producing close to 3 inches of rain, flooded numerous streets and forced authorities to block off some places. Police estimated 60 percent of the city was flooded, including First through Ninth Streets. Water entered homes in the Eighth and Ninth Street areas. A number of vehicles became stranded in high water. Outside the city, U.S. Highway 60 near Kentucky 1078 and Kentucky 351 was under water. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $25,000 | Several trees were reported down in the community of Corydon. A large tree and power lines were down in the community of Smith Mills. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $25,000 | Several boats were overturned at a boat ramp on the Ohio River. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smith Mills | $25,000 | An exterior wall of a convenience store was blown down. The wall was part of the storage area of an older part of the building. Numerous tree limbs and several trees were down, including some across roads. |
| May 1989 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1973 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1966 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1956 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Smith Mills | $20,000 | An EF-1 tornado passed just to the west of the Smith Mills community in Henderson County. The tornado developed along JJ Utley Road. Traveling north-northeast along Greenlick Baptist Church Road, the tornado destroyed a farm outbuilding. The tornado crossed Kentucky Highway 359 just south of Smith Mills where several trees suffered extensive large limb damage. Continuing north-northeast, the tornado passed through a cemetery along Grandpa Jones Road where several large trees were snapped. The tornado diminished as it reached Kentucky Highway 136 just west of Smith Mills. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spottsville | $20,000 | A house suffered major roof shingle loss on Highway 351 just east of Zion. Further down the road on route 351, a large barn lost part of its roof. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Dixie | $20,000 | At least a half dozen trees were uprooted. A carport and a recreational vehicle were damaged by falling trees. There was partial shingle loss to one home, and gutter damage to another. The community of Dixie is an unincorporated community approximately four miles south-southeast of Corydon at the intersection of Kentucky Highways 145 and 1557. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $20,000 | A wind gust to 63 MPH was measured on the U.S. Highway 41 twin bridges over the Ohio River. In Henderson, two utility poles were knocked down, and a business sign was blown away. Outside the city, the roof was blown off a residence, and four trees were blown down. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 3 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 2 |
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sebree Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Henderson County Sand Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Henderson Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
The part of each published history that is about one town: 1 chapter, each reproduced complete.
| Town | Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson | History | History of Henderson County, Kentucky (1887) | 25,773 words in 2 parts |
One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 22 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1: Early Explorers and Settlers | 2,043 words |
| Chapter 2: Aboriginal | 2,549 words |
| Chapter 3: Second Colony | 2,718 words |
| Chapter 4: Pioneer Trials | 4,324 words |
| Chapter 5: Establishment and Organization of Henderson County | 1,958 words |
| Chapter 6 | 8,383 words |
| Chapter 8 | 6,214 words |
| Chapter 9 | 2,038 words |
| Chapter 10 | 3,196 words |
| Chapter with an unread heading (no. 10 of those read) | 3,132 words |
| Chapter 12: Tobacco As a Currency - Tobacco Inspection Rise of the Tobacco | 3,009 words |
| Chapter 13: Establishment of Ferries the First Boat - Farming the Sher | 3,498 words |
| Chapter 14 | 6,599 words |
| Chapter 16 | 2,247 words |
| Chapter 17 | 2,170 words |
| Chapter 18 | 2,263 words |
| Chapter 19: New Constitution Increase in Population Suspension Bridges | 4,507 words |
| Chapter 20 | 6,102 words |
| Chapter 21 | 6,734 words |
| Chapter 22 | 7,010 words |
| Chapter 23 | 130,839 words in 9 parts |
| Biographical sketches | 111,824 words in 8 parts |
Everyone History of Henderson County, Kentucky stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1887.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Corydon census division · 42406 · Poole quadrangle
14 sheets, 1906 to 1991
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Henderson census division · 42420 · On Sugar Creek · Henderson quadrangle
18 sheets, 1914 to 1991
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Spottsville census division · 42420 · On Race Creek · Spottsville quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Spottsville census division · 42420 · On Lick Creek · Spottsville quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Hebbardsville-Robards census division · 42420 · Delaware quadrangle
13 sheets, 1908 to 1991
Corydon census division · 42406 · On North Fork Beaerdam Creek · Poole quadrangle
14 sheets, 1906 to 1991
Corydon census division · 42420 · On Wilson Creek · Henderson quadrangle
18 sheets, 1914 to 1991
Corydon census division · 42420 · On Weymouth Branch · Wilson quadrangle
17 sheets, 1914 to 1991
Hebbardsville-Robards census division · 42420 · Spottsville quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Hebbardsville-Robards census division · 42420 · On East Fork Canoe Creek · Henderson quadrangle
18 sheets, 1914 to 1991
Henderson census division · 42420 · On North Fork Canoe Creek · Henderson quadrangle
18 sheets, 1914 to 1991
Spottsville census division · On River Slough · Evansville South quadrangle
18 sheets, 1914 to 1999
18 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1956
The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.
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