Henderson is a town in

Caroline County, Maryland Caroline County is a rural County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 33,293. Its county seat is Denton, Maryland, Denton. The county is part of the Eastern Shor ...

, United States. The population was around 146 in the 2010 United States Census. It was named for a stockholder of the Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad. Athol was listed on the

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in 1989.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2010 census

At the 2010

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of 2010, there were 146 people, 44 households and 28 families residing in the town. The

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was . There were 51 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the town was 65.8%

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, 2.1%

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, 0.7% Native American, 30.8% from other races and 0.7% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 37.0% of the population. There were 44 households, of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were

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living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 11.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.4% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.32 and the average family size was 3.64. The median age was 30 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18, 13% were between the ages of 18 and 24, 34.2% were from 25 to 44, 23.9% were from 45 to 64 and 5.5% were 65 years of age or older. The sex make-up of the town was 52.7% male and 47.3% female. The

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was $32,500 and the median family income was $33,125. Males had a median income of $30,625 and females $21,875. The

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was $11,678. There were 16.1% of families and 14.2% of the population living below the

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, including 15.2% of under eighteens and 16.7% of those over 64.

Transportation

The main method of travel to and from Henderson is by road. The only state highway serving the town is Maryland Route 311, which travels north–south through the area.

References

{{authority control Towns in Maryland Towns in Caroline County, Maryland