Henderson is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in the
town of Henderson,
Jefferson County,
New York
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, United States. The population of the CDP was 224 at the 2010 census,
out of 1,360 in the entire town of Henderson.
Geography
The hamlet of Henderson is located in southwestern Jefferson County, in the center of the town of Henderson. The community is in the valley of Stony Creek, a southwestward-flowing tributary of
Lake Ontario
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.
New York State Route 178 runs through the center of the community, leading west to
New York State Route 3 and southeast to
Adams.
Henderson Harbor on Lake Ontario is to the northwest via County Route 72.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Henderson CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Education
The school district is the
Belleville Henderson Central School District.
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Hamlets in New York (state)
Census-designated places in New York (state)
Census-designated places in Jefferson County, New York
Hamlets in Jefferson County, New York