Henderson may refer to:

People

Henderson (surname) Henderson is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is derived from patronymic form of the name Henry and '' Hendry'', which is a Scottish form of '' Henry''. It means "Son of Hendry" and "Son of Henry". In Scottish Gaelic it is rendered ''MacEan ...

, description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname * Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan

Places

Argentina

* Henderson, Buenos Aires

Australia

Henderson, Western Australia Henderson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn. History The suburb of Henderson, along with the suburb of Naval Base to its south, comprises land resumed by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 for defence ...

Canada

* Henderson Settlement, New Brunswick

New Zealand

Henderson, New Zealand Henderson is a suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand. It is west of Auckland city centre, and west of the Whau River, a southwestern arm of the Waitematā Harbour. Henderson initially developed around the mill of Thomas Henderson and was k ...

Henderson (New Zealand electorate) Henderson is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1969 to 1978 and then from 1993 to 1996. Population centres Henderson was first created through the 1967 electoral redistribution, which resulted from the Electoral Act 1965 that ...

, former parliamentary electorate

United States

Henderson, Colorado Henderson, formerly known as Henderson Island, is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Henderson has the ZIP Code 80640. Portions of the Henderson area have been annexed by Commerce C ...

Henderson, Georgia Henderson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,178 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Savannah metropolitan statistical area. Geography Henderson ...

* Henderson, Houston County, Georgia *

Henderson, Illinois Henderson is a village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census, down from 319 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Henderson is located in northwes ...

* Henderson, Indiana * Henderson, Iowa *

Henderson, Kentucky Henderson is a home rule-class city along the Ohio River and the county seat of Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,781 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the Evansville–Henderson, IN–KY Combined Statis ...

* Henderson, Louisiana * Henderson, Maryland * Henderson, Michigan *

Henderson, Minnesota Henderson is a town in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 960 at the 2020 census. History Henderson was founded in August 1852 by Joseph R. Brown, and was named for his mother's maiden name. By 1855, Henderson had ...

* Henderson, Missouri * Henderson, Nebraska *

Henderson, Nevada Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about southeast of downtown Las Vegas. It is the List of cities in Nevada, 2nd most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with 317,610 residents. The city is part of the Las Vegas V ...

Henderson, New York Henderson is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 1,438 at the 2020 census. The town is named after William Henderson, the original European-American land owner. Henderson is in the western part of the county a ...

, a town **

Henderson (CDP), New York Henderson is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, 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 hamle ...

, a hamlet in the town *

Henderson, North Carolina Henderson is a city in and the county seat of Vance County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 15,060 at the 2020 census. History The city was named in honor of former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leonard Hender ...

Henderson, Tennessee Henderson is a city in and the county seat of Chester County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,309 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 5,670 at the 2000 census. History Henderson was platted in 1857, when the r ...

Henderson, Texas Henderson is a city and the county seat of Rusk County, Texas, United States. Its population was 13,271 at the 2020 census. Henderson is named for James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas. The city has functioned as a major crossr ...

Henderson, West Virginia Henderson is an unincorporated community and former town in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The population was 231 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV– OH ...

Henderson County (disambiguation) Henderson County is the name of several counties in the United States: *Henderson County, Illinois * Henderson County, Kentucky *Henderson County, North Carolina Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As o ...

Henderson Township (disambiguation) Henderson Township may refer to: Arkansas * Henderson Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, in Hot Spring County, Arkansas Hot Spring County, officially the County of Hot Spring, is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the ...

Geographic features

Henderson (crater) Henderson is a crater on the far side of the Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The ...

, on the far side of the Moon *

Henderson Inlet Henderson Inlet is a small, southern inlet of Puget Sound, Washington state, situated between Budd Inlet to the west and Nisqually Reach to the east. It is located in Thurston County, and the nearest city is Olympia, the state capital. Henderson I ...

, a small estuary in Olympia, Washington, United States *

Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands) Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn Island, Pitcairn, Oeno Island, Oeno, and Ducie Island, Ducie Islands. Measuring , it has an ...

, South Pacific Ocean * Henderson Island (Shackleton Ice Shelf), Antarctica * Henderson Islets, Tasmania, south-eastern Australia * Henderson Mountain, Montana, United States

Companies

Henderson Land Development Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. () is a listed property developer in Hong Kong and a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. The company's principal activities are property development and investment, project management, construction, hotel ope ...

, a Hong Kong real estate developer ** Henderson China, a Chinese real estate developer * D. and W. Henderson and Company, a former Scottish shipbuilding company * Henderson's, a former UK bookstore *Henderson's, manufacturers of Henderson's Relish *

Henderson Group Henderson Group plc was a global investment management company with its principal place of business in the City of London. It merged with Janus Capital Group in May 2017 to create Janus Henderson. History The Company was established in 1934 ...

, a UK financial services company * Henderson Motorcycle, a historical US maker of motorcycles * Henderson Brewing Company, a craft beer brewery and named to honour Henderson Brewery founded in 1802

Constructs

Airports

* Henderson Executive Airport, Clark County, Nevada, United States *

Henderson Field (Guadalcanal) Henderson Field is a former military airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War II. Originally built by the Japanese Empire, the conflict over its possession was one of the notable battles of the Pacific War. Today it is Honiar ...

, Solomon Islands *

Henderson Field (Midway Atoll) Henderson Field is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. It is one of three airfields named after Ma ...

, United States * Henderson Field (North Carolina), Wallace, North Carolina, United States

Churches

*Henderson Church in

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

, Scotland

Schools

* Henderson Avenue Public School, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, Canada * Henderson Elementary School, Vancouver, British Columbia * Henderson Secondary School, Singapore * Henderson County High School, Henderson, Kentucky, United States * Henderson High School (disambiguation) * Henderson Middle School (disambiguation)

University

Henderson State University Henderson State University (HSU) is a public university in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States. Founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College, Henderson has an undergraduate enrollment of around 2,500 students. The campus is located on . H ...

, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States

In popular culture

* Fictional town in which the soap opera ''

Search for Tomorrow ''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986. Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show f ...

'' is set