Henderson, Tennessee
Henderson is a city in and the county seat of Chester County, Tennessee, United States.[5] The population was 6,309 at the 2010 census,[6] up from 5,670 at the 2000 census.
For the city of a similar name, see Hendersonville, Tennessee. For the county of a similar name, see Henderson County, Tennessee. For other cities with similar names, see Henderson (disambiguation).Geography[edit]
Henderson is located near the center of Chester County at 35°26′35″N 88°38′40″W / 35.44306°N 88.64444°W (35.443025, -88.644345),[9] to the west of the South Fork Forked Deer River. U.S. Route 45 passes through the city, leading northwest 17 miles (27 km) to Jackson and south 20 miles (32 km) to Selmer. Tennessee State Route 100 passes south of the city center, leading east 32 miles (51 km) to Decaturville and west 30 miles (48 km) to Whiteville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20.4 km2), of which 0.03 square miles (0.07 km2), or 0.35%, is water.[6]
Arts, culture and outdoors[edit]
For several years, the Henderson Arts Commission has sponsored many arts-related events and programs, like the Summer Camp Theatre Experience.[10]
The city park is called Gene Record Park. It features playground equipment, a walking trail, soccer fields, a permanent space for the local Farmer's Market, picnic tables, a dog park, and a 9-hole disc golf course.[11] In January 2020, the city paper (Chester County Independent) reported that a Splash Pad would soon be installed at the park.[12]
Since 1978, Henderson has also been the site of the Chester County Barbecue Festival, a regional event that celebrates the barbecue tradition of the area.[13] The first pitmaster for the Chester County Barbecue Festival was Bill Howard, a pitmaster from Jacks Creek, Tennessee who was known throughout Chester County as "The Barbecue King".[14] Howard was chosen by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to represent Afro-American barbecue and was invited to serve barbecue in Washington, DC in 1986.[14][15]
Newspaper[edit]
The local paper, the Chester County Independent, is based in Henderson.