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Henry County, Tennessee

Henry County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and is considered part of West Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,199.[2] Its county seat is Paris.[3] The county is named for the Virginia orator and American Founding Father Patrick Henry.[4]

Henry County

 United States

1821

Paris

593 sq mi (1,540 km2)

562 sq mi (1,460 km2)

31 sq mi (80 km2)  5.3%

32,199 Decrease

58/sq mi (22/km2)

8th

Henry County comprises the Paris, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. West Tennessee lands and commodity culture were associated with the lowlands and delta of the Mississippi River, which created fertile areas that supported cotton culture. During the antebellum era, numerous enslaved African Americans provided labor for the cotton plantations.

(north)

Calloway County, Kentucky

(northeast)

Stewart County

(southeast)

Benton County

(south)

Carroll County

(west)

Weakley County

(northwest)

Graves County, Kentucky

(mostly in Carroll County and a small portion in Weakley County)

McKenzie

(county seat)

Paris

Puryear

Henry County Courthouse

National Register of Historic Places listings in Henry County, Tennessee

Official site

- free genealogy resources for the county

Henry County, TNGenWeb

at Curlie

Henry County