Henderson (Kentucky)

Henderson County

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Henderson is a city with 27.373 inhabitants ( 2000) on the Ohio River in Henderson County in western Kentucky in the United States, while the county seat of administration.

Henderson is located 16 km south of the city of Evansville, 123 km northeast of the city of Paducah, 47 km west of the city of Owensboro, 172 km southwest of the city of Louisville and 140 km northeast of the city of Carbondale.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • John J. Becker (1886-1961), composer
  • Blind Teddy Darby, blues guitarist and singer
  • Husband E. Kimmel (1882-1968), admiral and commander of the Pacific Fleet
  • Lazarus Powell (1812-1867), politician and Governor of Kentucky
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