Henderson, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Henderson City. It lies in ZIP code area 56044. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle. 960 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
On record in Henderson
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Church of St. Thomaslisted 1991
August F. Poehler Houselisted 1982
Sibley County Courthouse-1879listed 1979- Henderson Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresHenderson grew from 886 to 960 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 886 | |
| 2020 | 960 | +74 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Belle Plaine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 2006 and 2012, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLAKELY |
| 7 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | HENDERSON ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Henderson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kielmeyer Constr Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 35 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flood | Henderson | $3,900,000 | Several sources in Sibley County compiled a summary of flood related damages and locations for the flood of June 2014. Mudslides were going into some residences along the Minnesota River Valley. The City of Henderson was inundated with flood waters with businesses and local residence sandbagging. Scenic Highway 6 along the Minnesota River near Faxon Township was washed out due to the swollen river and heavy rainfall. There were also numerous county and secondary roads closed, along and near the Minnesota River. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Henderson | $60,000 | Highway 93 was closed from Highway 169 to Henderson, due to flood waters of the Minnesota River. Monetary costs were based on FEMA, State, and Local assistance which includes the following categories; debris removal, emergency protective measures, and road systems and bridges. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $40,000 | Barn down. Several sheds and outbuildings collapsed. Grain auger tipped over and smashed car. Numerous trees down. |
| September 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Henderson | $2,000 | An EFO tornado tracked through a corn field and knocked down a few large branches in a grove of trees toward the end of the path. The path length was 1.6 miles with a width of 50 yards. Maximum wind speeds were 70 mph. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | A trained spotter reported numerous 3 inch diameter branches down as well as a 10 inch diameter pine tree that was uprooted. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Henderson | - | Numerous roads were closed for several days due to snow melt, and the flood waters that develop from it. Rapidly runoff led to impassable roads, especially along streams and creeks along county roads. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Henderson | - | A storm chaser filmed a brief tornado that touched down in an open field. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Henderson | - | County officials closed portions of County Road 6, and Crahan Lane, near Belle Plaine due to flood waters. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Henderson | - | A local observer had a 12 hour rainfall report of 5.83 inches. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | A large tree was blown down across Highway 19. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Henderson | - | An ice jam caused the Minnesota River to back up along the Highway 19 bridge and flood the roadway east of Henderson. Eventually, State Highway 93, south of Henderson was closed due to the Rush River backing up due to another ice jam. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Henderson | - | Highway 93 was closed due to flooding along the Rush River. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Henderson | - | Highway 93 barricaded near the railroad bridge. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Large tree blown down onto Highway 93. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Large tree down over road. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Few trees felled. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Large tree sheared in half. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Henderson | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allansons Park | 0.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sibley Estates East | 0.1 miles | 11 | |
| Jessenland | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rush River | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| New Rome | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Arlington | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Assumption | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Green Isle | 11.7 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Henderson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230559 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644862. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






