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Hendersonville is a city in
Henderson County, North Carolina Henderson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 116,281. Its county seat is Hendersonville, North Carolina, Hendersonville. ...
, United States. It is south of
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and is the
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of Henderson County. Like the county, the city is named for 19th-century
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Chief Justice
Leonard Henderson Leonard Henderson (October 6, 1772 – August 13, 1833) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829 to 1833, and an associate judge of that court beforehand. Biography Henderson was born in G ...
. The population was 13,137 at the 2010 census and was estimated in 2019 to be 14,157.


Introduction

Prior to the
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, the land that now is occupied by Hendersonville was settled by
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tribes. Following this treaty, white settlers entered the region, eventually taking the land of what is now Henderson County in full from the original inhabitants. Poor trade links still restricted economic and demographic growth in the region, until the development of the Buncombe Turnpike, completed in 1827. Wealthy low-country planters started to migrate to the area, building summer homes and bringing lots of money with them. In response to this population growth, Henderson County was split off from
Buncombe County Buncombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 2020 census reported the population was 269,452. Its county seat is Asheville. Buncombe County is part of the Ashevill ...
and founded in 1838. Judge Mitchell King owned , of which he donated 50 acres for the establishment of the town of Hendersonville. He used some of the enslaved African Americans he owned as workers to lay out its Main Street. Chartered in 1847 as the county seat of Henderson County (formed 1838), Hendersonville is traditionally known as "The City of Four Seasons". The town has a well-preserved Main Street and adjoining downtown areas with many restaurants, antique shops and boutiques in buildings that housed key local businesses until the mid-1980s. At that point some businesses moved to suburban or highway locations, or were put out of business by big box competition. The town's architecture reflects the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much downtown revitalization has occurred since the early 1990s. Larger stores have been developed almost entirely along the commercial strips extending outward from the downtown along
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east and U.S. Highways
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and 25. There are historic neighborhoods outside the Main Street corridor, including the 5th Avenue neighborhood on the city's west side and the Druid Hills neighborhood north of downtown. Depressed areas are found along the city's east side, but redevelopment efforts are underway in the historic commercial district along 7th Avenue East. The architectural focus of the downtown area is the historic Henderson County Courthouse, completed in 1905 and completely renovated in 2008. The newly restored City Hall (erected 1924) and the modern Henderson County Courthouse (1995) are also located downtown. The largest street festival of the Hendersonville calendar is the annual North Carolina Apple Festival, culminating in the Apple Parade that regularly draws up to 50,000 spectators. Main Street is home to other festivals and special activities throughout the year. High schools in the city and surrounding area include Hendersonville High School, West Henderson High School,
North Henderson High School North Henderson High School is a public high school located in Hendersonville, North Carolina. It is one of four public high schools located in Henderson County. North Henderson was founded in 1993, as the majority of students were moved from t ...
, and
East Henderson High School East Henderson High School is a public high school in East Flat Rock, North Carolina. The school was built in 1960. As of the 2016–2017 school year the student population was 905 with 64 classroom teachers. East Henderson High is part of the Hen ...
. On December 5, 2020, during a fall surge in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the First Baptist Church hosted a holiday concert with two performances, despite advice to postpone events with crowds. In less than two weeks, 75 cases of the virus were traced to people who performed or attended the church events. It was characterized as a superspreader event, with a total of 97 cases by December 22. Until then Henderson County had recorded about 4,600 cases of COVID-19 and 89 deaths since the start of the pandemic in March. No deaths were immediately attributed to the church event, as the illness takes time to develop.


Geography

Hendersonville is located at the center of Henderson County, in the southern mountains of western North Carolina near the Eastern Escarpment. (35.320586, -82.461596).
Interstate 26 Interstate 26 (I-26) is a main route of the Interstate Highway System in the Southeastern United States. Nominally east–west, as indicated by its even number, I-26 runs from the junction of U.S. Route 11W (US 11W) and US 23 in ...
runs through the eastern side of the city, with access from Exit 49. U.S. Routes 25 and 74 run concurrently with I-26. The freeway leads north to Asheville and southeast to
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. Interstate 26 also provides direct access to the Asheville Regional Airport (AVL),which features scheduled passenger airline service operated by several major air carriers. U.S. Route 25 Business passes through the center of Hendersonville on King Street northbound and Church Street southbound.
U.S. Route 64 U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles (3,743 km) from Nags Head in eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 1 ...
(6th Avenue) also passes through the center of Hendersonville, leading northeast to
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and west to Brevard.
U.S. Route 176 U.S. Route 176 (US 176) is a spur of US 76 in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The U.S. Highway runs from US 25 Business and North Carolina Highway 225 (NC 225) in Hendersonville, North Carolina, east to US 52 in Goose Cre ...
(Spartanburg Highway) leads southeast to Saluda. According to the
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, Hendersonville has a total area of , of which , or 0.40%, is water. Mud Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the
French Broad River The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville forms ...
and part of the
Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, ...
watershed, is the watercourse through the city, passing east of downtown.


Climate


Demographics


2020 census

As of the
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, there were 15,137 people, 7,274 households, and 3,339 families residing in the city.


2000 census

As of the
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of 2000, there were 13,137 people across 5,920 households in the city. The
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was 2,189.5 people per square mile (853.0/km2). There were 5,181 housing units at an average density of 870.0 per square mile (335.6/km2). The racial composition of the city was 81.44%
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, 12.54%
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or
African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
, 9.09%
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or
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, 0.73%
Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...
, 0.28% Native American, 0.01%
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or Other Pacific Islander, 3.48% some other race, and 1.52%
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. In 1900, 1,967 persons lived in Hendersonville; in 1910, 2818; and in 1940, 5381 people lived here. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,137. There were 4,579 households, out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.2% were non-families. 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.80. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 17.5% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,357, and the median income for a family was $39,111. Males had a median income of $30,458 versus $22,770 for females. The
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for the city was $19,926. About 13.3% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the
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, including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.


Museums and historical sites

The
Mineral and Lapidary Museum The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County is a non-profit, Volunteering, volunteer-run museum in Hendersonville, North Carolina founded in 1997 at 400 North Main Street in the middle of the city's Historic District. Located in Western No ...
of Henderson County, located at 400 North Main Street in downtown Hendersonville, has giant
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s, a
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skull,
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s, and
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eggs on display. The same building is home to the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society. Entry to both parts of the ornate building is free. Down the road at 318 North Main Street is Hands On!, a children's museum of "educational exhibits that stimulate the imagination and motivate learning in a fun, safe, 'hands-on' environment." Admission is $8 per child or adult. The Henderson County Heritage Museum, in the 1905 county courthouse at One Historic Courthouse Square, features a gallery of regional Carolina history. It sits in the heart of the Main Street Historic District. Admission is free. To the east of Main Street is the 1902-16 Hendersonville Rail Road Station, at 7th Avenue and Maple Street in the Seventh Avenue Depot District. The Southern Railway opened the line in 1879. Passenger rail service on the line ended in 1968. To the west of Main Street along U.S. Route 64 is Oakdale Cemetery. It includes the Italian marble angel statue that served as the inspiration for
Thomas Wolfe Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was an American novelist of the early 20th century. Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas. He is known for mixing highly origin ...
's first novel, ''
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'' (1929). North of Main Street is the Historic Johnson Farm at 3346 Haywood Road. The 1878 tobacco farm served as a summer retreat for tourists as early as the 1920s. Admission is free, while guided tours are $2 and $3. The Western North Carolina Air Museum , featuring airplanes of a bygone era, is near the small Hendersonville Airport at the corner of Gilbert Street and Brooklyn Avenue between Hendersonville and East Flat Rock. Admission is free. west of downtown Hendersonville in the town of Laurel Park is Jump Off Rock atop Jump Off Mountain. This overlook provides a panorama of the Pisgah and
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. Laurel Park town park; free admission during daylight hours. For additional sites, see the
National Register of Historic Places listings in Henderson County, North Carolina This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Henderson County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with l ...
. In addition to the Henderson County Courthouse, Historic Johnson Farm, Main Street Historic District, Oakdale Cemetery, and Seventh Avenue Depot District, the
Aloah Hotel Aloah Hotel, also known as The Hendersonville Inn, Carson Hotel, and the Inn on Church, is a historic hotel building located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1919, and is a three-story, rectangular brick buildin ...
, The Cedars, Chewning House, Clarke-Hobbs-Davidson House, Cold Spring Park Historic District,
Mary Mills Coxe House Mary Mills Coxe House is a historic home located near Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. Built about 1911, the house is a -story, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling with a pebbledash finish. It has a two-level side-gabled roof ...
, Druid Hills Historic District, Grey Hosiery Mill, Hyman Heights-Mount Royal Historic District, Kanuga Lake Historic District, King-Waldrop House, Lenox Park Historic District,
Reese House Reese House is a historic home located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a one-story rear ell. ...
, Clough H. Rice House, Smith-Williams-Durham Boarding House, Erle Stillwell House, Erle Stillwell House II, The Waverly, and West Side Historic District are listed on the
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. Hendersonville Little Theatre was established in 1966. It moved from its original location to a unique red barn on State Street. After many successful years at that site, in 2012 it moved to an old stone church at 220 S. Washington Street downtown.


Companies

Clothing retailer
Bon Worth BonWorth is an American retail clothing chain based in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Founder Loren Wells started BonWorth in 1966 in Hendersonville, and expanded throughout the 1980s. Mr. Wells, the sixth owner of Seely Castle, sold the compan ...
was founded in Hendersonville in 1976.
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opened a brewery here in 2014. Blue Star Camps has operated in this city since 1951.


Media

The metro area has several TV broadcasting stations that serve the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville Designated Market Area (DMA) as defined by
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. The station nearest to Hendersonville is the Asheville-based
WLOS WLOS (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting American Broadcasting Company, ABC and MyNetworkTV programming to Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. It is owned by Sincl ...
(
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), television channel 13. Other major TV broadcasters include
WYFF WYFF (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States, serving Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on Ruther ...
, WSPA,
WHNS WHNS (channel 21), branded on air as Fox Carolina, is a television station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States, broadcasting Fox network programming to Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Owned by Gray Television, ...
, and
WUNF The University of North Carolina Center for Public Media, branded on-air as PBS North Carolina or commonly PBS NC, is a public television network serving the state of North Carolina. It is operated by the University of North Carolina system, whic ...
.
WMYI WMYI (102.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hendersonville, North Carolina. It serves the Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina regions, including Greenville, Spartanburg and Asheville. WMYI airs an adult hits radio ...
102.5, is the only radio station that broadcasts in Hendersonville. Additionally, most Asheville and some Greenville/Spartanburg stations come in with a local sound quality. Hendersonville's only daily newspaper is the ''Times-News''. ''The Hendersonville Lightning'', founded in April 2012 by Bill Moss, is a weekly newspaper.


Notable people

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Madison Cawthorn David Madison Cawthorn (born August 1, 1995) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. Cawthorn became the first me ...
(born 1995), one-term Congressman for
North Carolina's 11th congressional district North Carolina's 11th congressional district encompasses most of Western North Carolina. Since January 3, 2021, the district has been represented by Madison Cawthorn. Redistricting The 11th district has historically been known for its volat ...
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Shirley Danz Shirley Elizabeth Danz (August 16, 1926 – May 9, 2018) was an infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed. Shirley Danz played dur ...
(1926–2018),
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player * Jennifer Pharr Davis (born 1983), long-distance hiker and conservationist *
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lewis ...
(1914–2010), mathematics and science writer *
Sam Gash Samuel Lee Gash Jr. (born March 7, 1969) is an American former football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). Professional career He was drafted in the eighth round of the 1992 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. A two time Pro ...
(born 1969), professional football player and cousin of Thane Gash *
Thane Gash Thane Alvin Gash (born September 1, 1965) is a former professional American football player who played safety for four seasons for the Cleveland Browns and two seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League The Nat ...
(born 1965), professional football player * Tiger Greene (born 1962), professional football player * William Dathan Holbert, serial killer *
Jim Lampley James Lampley (born April 8, 1949) is an American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner. He was best known as a blow-by-blow announcer on ''HBO World Championship Boxing'' for 30 years. He also had covered a record 14 O ...
(born 1949), sportscaster, news anchor, producer, restaurant owner * Doug Llewelyn (born 1938), original host of ''
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'' * Mickey Marvin (1955–2017), professional football player *
Kelly McGillis Kelly Ann McGillis (born July 9, 1957) is an American stage actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in ''Witness'' (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in ''Top Gun'' (1986); ''Made in ...
(born 1957), actress, ''
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'', ''
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'' *
The McGuire Twins Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 – July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 – March 26, 2001), known together as The McGuire Twins, were American professional wrestlers listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records ...
(Billy Leon McCrary, 1946–1979; Benny Loyd McCrary, 1946–2001), "world's heaviest twins," born in Hendersonville * Robert Morgan (born 1944), poet, essayist, author * Steve Penn (born 1968),
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player who represented Team USA at the
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Tommy Refenes Tommy Refenes is an American video game designer and programmer, best known for his work on the game '' Super Meat Boy'', a platformer he co-created with designer Edmund McMillen. Early life Refenes began programming at the age of eleven, and ha ...
(born 1981), indie games designer, known for '' Super Meat Boy'' and other Flash-style games * Christoph Sanders (born 1988), actor, the lead ("Kyle Anderson") in
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's and then
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's '' Last Man Standing'' from 2011 to 2021; worked at nearby
Flat Rock Playhouse Flat Rock Playhouse is a professional, non-profit theatre located in the village of Flat Rock, NC known for quality productions of popular musicals, comedies, and dramas. In 1937, under the direction of Robroy Farquhar, a group of actors organized ...
and studied at Blue Ridge Community College, both in Henderson County, N.C. * Ralph T. Troy (1934–2014), mayor of Monroe,
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
from 1972 to 1976 * Ash Gutierrez (born 2005), musical artist.


Sister cities

Hendersonville has two
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, as designated by
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:Home , Hendersonville Sister Cities
Retrieved Jul 22, 2020.
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Almuñécar Almuñécar () is a Spanish city and municipality located in the southwestern part of the comarca of the Costa Granadina, in the province of Granada. It is located on the shores of the Mediterranean sea and borders the Granadin municipalities of ...
,
Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
, Spain *
Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ...
,
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian: ''Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola'' ) is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previously been part of the Pr ...
, Italy


References


External links


City websiteHenderson County Visitors CenterHenderson County Partnership for Economic DevelopmentHendersonville Police Departmentblueridgenow.com - The ''Times-News'' OnlineHville Scoop, Hendersonville community news and eventsNorth Carolina Apple Festival
{{Authority control Cities in Henderson County, North Carolina County seats in North Carolina