Henleyville is an

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Tehama County Tehama County ( ; Wintun for "high water") is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,829. The county seat and largest city is Red Bluff. Tehama County comprises th ...

, in the U.S. state of

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History

Henleyville was one of the communities in Tehama County homesteaded by settlers in the 1860s and 1870s. It was likely named after William N. Henley, who was from Indiana and registered to vote at "Henleys" on August 3, 1866. A

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occupied the same building as the general store, and was in operation at Henleyville from 1873 to 1878, and from 1880 until 1936. In October 1881, the Howell School in Henleyville had one teacher and 15 students, including five boys and ten girls. According to the ''Red Bluff Daily News'', the first death by lightning recorded in Tehama County occurred on October 4, 1901, four miles west of Henleyville, killing an 18 year old at a blacksmith shop, as well as the horse he was shoeing. When writer Pearl S. Buck won the

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in 1938, the ''Red Bluff Daily News'' reported that she was a niece of area resident Thomas L. Sydenstricker and once visited his Henleyville home.

Population

Based on 1990 census data, a

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report found that the population of the Henleyville-Paskenta-Sunnyside "block group aggregation" was 1,697.

Gallery

File:Henleyville_Bridge_c1920.jpg, Henleyville Bridge, c.1920 File:Henleyville_Post_Office_and_Peter's_Shoes.jpg, Henleyville Post Office and Peter's Shoes, c.1920

References

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