Headnote
HENRY COUNTY, situated in the northern part of Kentucky, with Kentucky river on the northeast. Area, 260 square miles. Face of the country hilly and broken; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Newcastle. Pop. in 1810, 6,777; in 1820, 10,816; in 1830, 11,395; in 1840, 10,015; in 1850, 11,442. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Kentucky

Henry County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
HENRY COUNTY, situated in the northern part of Kentucky, with Kentucky river on the northeast. Area, 260 square miles. Face of the country hilly and broken; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Newcastle. Pop. in 1810, 6,777; in 1820, 10,816; in 1830, 11,395; in 1840, 10,015; in 1850, 11,442.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 155.
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