Henderson (Texas)

Rusk County

48-33212

Henderson is a city and the county seat of Rusk County in the U.S. state of Texas. Covering an area of over 31 square kilometers, nearly 13,700 people.

Henderson is part of the socio-economic region Ark- La -Tex, which includes parts of four states Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. The city is a major transportation hub in the northeastern Texas.

Geography

Henderson is located in the northeast of the state of Texas, approximately 70 miles from the eastern border with Louisiana. The city is located in a seascape that stretches from northern Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico. To Henderson around there are five major lakes: Lake Martin, Lake Murvaul, Lake Striker, Lake Tyler and Lake Tyler East.

The nearest towns are New London ( 11 km northwest ), Overton (15 km north-west ), Kilgore (22 km north), Tatum (27 km northeast), Carthage (37 km east) and Jacksonville (43 km southwest). Next big city with about 1.2 million inhabitants is about 180 kilometers north-west location Dallas.

History

The city was founded on an area, the WB by the generals Ochiltree and James Smith was donated. Since the establishment of Rusk County 1843 Henderson County whose seat. In 1842 and 1845, the first Baptist and Methodist churches were built. 1949, a wooden courthouse was opened.

After the Civil War, the International -Great Northern Railroad was built through the county, but not near Henderson, Henderson and Overton Branch so that the Railroad Company in 1874 established a connection route to Overton. This was later sold to the Missouri Pacific Railroad and is still in operation.

On August 5, 1860, the city was hit by a severe fire destroyed 43 buildings. 1878 the court building was destroyed by a fire in the same place the building was built again from bricks. In subsequent years, additional buildings were constructed in this way.

In the early 1930s, the first oil was discovered about ten kilometers north-west of Henderson. This learned the entire regional economy a boost, and the population rose within a few months of 2000 to over 10,000. To date, the oil fields of prosperity worry in the region.

Traffic

From north to south of the city runs the U.S. Highway 259, which leads up to a length of over 400 kilometers from Heavener to Nacogdoches. From the north-east of the Texas State Highway 43 leads to the city where it discharges into the intersection, in which also the Texas State Highway 64 ends from the West. From the southeast of the city leads the U.S. Highway 79 in the town center and continues to the southwest. It leads from Russellville, Kentucky until after Round Rock. Meet all these streets in a walk-in traffic intersection successive northeast of downtown.

About 30 kilometers north of Henderson runs off Interstate 20, which runs to almost 2,500 kilometers from western Texas through six states to the east coast.

Moreover, Henderson is also linked to the regional air transport: Approximately 24 kilometers north of the town is the East Texas Regional Airport, which completed approximately 75,000 aircraft movements per year.

Demography

The 2000 census showed a population of 11,273, distributed to 4350 households and 2971 families. The population density was 366 people per square kilometer. 70.0 % of the population were white, 22.3 % black, 0.5 % Asian, 0.3% American Indian and Pacific Islanders at 0.1 %. 6.8% were from a different ethnicity, 1.1% had two or more ethnicities, 6.8% were Hispanic or Latino of any ethnicity. The average age was 37 years, 100 women were 87.3 males. The per capita income was just under 19,500 U.S. dollars.

Until the 2010 census, the population has risen to 13,712.